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A must not read, July 14 2003
From the very start this book was confusing. The author had not been very clear on the setting. The book was skipping around to much. It never stayed or talked about one or a few main events throughout the book. It was a good book to read in the summer. It had the right words and summer type theme. But that was not enough to convice me that the book was good. If your into action pack type books then this book isn't the right book for you.
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Devinely elegant prose poetry, July 28 2007
My dear fellow readers, you wish to have a book that you can reread every 5 or 6 years and not only have the beauty of the writing be as inspiring as before, but, also, a book whose internal meanings change along with the reader's changing life, this is the book for you. Raymond Bradbury put all of his science fictions abilities aside and created one of 'pure prose poetry'. It grabs the souls of anyone who lived through and fully experienced an adolescent, country summer whether they were the child observer or the observed adult. While there was never anything spectacular that ever happened to any of us, each moment of our day-to-day lives led us to be the sensitive adults that we, hopefully, are now. Like 'To Kill a Mockingbird', it takes us to a time when, to us, the world around us was more innocent, more forgiving and more magical. I read this every fith summer not only as a reminder of where I came from and how a child's naivity can open his heart to everything around him but also as an adult living in a finite and time-measured world who is preparing to say 'Good-bye'.
Sit back and slowly partake of the bitter yet sweet dandelion wine that has been carefully prepared for you. The sequence of our lives will reveal itself delicately through its amber glow.
This is the finest piece of fiction I have ever read.
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It's magical..., Jan 26 2006
Ray Bradbury is a master, no question, and this little book is a masterpiece. I first read it as a child - now, many years later, I go back to it often. It is simple, yet the prose is elegant and the message timeless. I have enjoyed almost everything Ray Bradbury has written but this is absolutely a favorite. I just joined a group of women in a book club and this is the book I intend to have everyone read - I can't wait to introduce them to it!
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