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Pros
The halloween tree is one of ray bradbury's most popular works. The story is full of magical prose and wonderful illustration.
This particular version of the audio book is the unabridged reading of the book itself. No other book fills me with such nostalgic warmth as it does.
Masterfully written, the words draw the reader into the story and the boys bring it to life. Brings to mind what it meant to be a kid. The moment is charming and i am sure i completely missed it as a child. Tolkien, a hobbit.
The mexican feast is as much a celebration as a shiver. Around back is a gigantic tree with hundreds of candles and pumpkins decorating it. It’s an artful history lesson in the origins of halloween.
Cons
Bradbury's style is repetitive and twee with a cloying atmosphere of americana. It reads like a poetic history lesson for 3rd graders.
It's factually inaccurate in its description of history. It's full of overwrought descriptions of scenes. Even the main characters are one-dimensional cardboard cutouts.
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Quality
I mostly bought this book for the cover art and was not at all concerned with the story, but once i actually read it, i fell in... Read More
The ending is darker than i expected but keeping with the theme of death and how it’s not something you should be afraid of.
Good book, enjoyed it myself but it kept losing the kids with the way the story jumps around.
The scene with the giant grim reaper cutting down bugs indiscriminately while the boys have also turned into bugs is so frighte... Read More
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Awesome read and fast service from seller
Competitiveness
I'm a huuuuge ray bradbury fan so of course i love this book!
Good for probably 13+ kids purely based on scene jumping.
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- This product had a total of 2,216 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 23 2022.
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Good for probably 13 kids purely based on scene jumping
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No real plot or character development but an outstandingly well written narrative
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Would be great for reading aloud on a dark bight by a firelight
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I had never read the halloween tree and now have a deeper understanding of the ancient and current elements of halloween celebrations the american holiday rather superficial by comparison
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Too bad so many things got changed for the tv special
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Ray bradbury had discussed changes he might have considered over time in some of his other writings and it would have been interesting to see if he would have made any changes to the hallowed tree
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Even though i know he is a wonderful story teller i had never read the halloween tree
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However i am not a big fan of ray bradburys writing style
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