The title should say enough. This book is Bradbury.
The name Ray Bradbury, to me (and I’m certain many others) is synonymous with magical prose, unlimited imagination, nostalgia, a sense of wonder and awe, and an adolescent view of the world that never forgets how joyous the years of our childhood are, and how lucky each of us older readers is to have experienced our own magical years.
Bradbury. A man who weaves stories as if each word was a special ingredient to a recipe that would not quite be the same if it were replaced with another.
Bradbury. Who writes in some of the most unusual similes that I’ve ever read. Among his many gifts, this might be his biggest. Literally right this moment, I’m going to open my book. To page . . . 50: “Somewhere, a mummy dreamed, coughed in its sleep, unraveled a bandage, twitched its dusty tongue and turned over for another thousand year snooze.”
Let’s go to page . . . 66. “Darkness moved down the Mediterranean shores. From the tombs, like mist, the dead spirits wavered in soot and black plumes along the streets to be caught in the dark tar that smeared the porch sills. The wind mourned, as if telling the anguish of the trapped dead.”
Bradbury. The man can spin a sentence like no other.
I’ll be frank. This book was always going to be five stars. I love Halloween, and Autumn, and Bradbury is the best author for this season. Unless I found it unbearably boring or bad, this was destined to be five stars.
It’s not boring, it’s exciting, it’s smart, it’s nostalgic, it’s a story only Ray Bradbury could have written, and it’s a fantastic tale for this time of year. My one gripe is that a younger me didn’t first read this while in grade school.
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“When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go"
I read this as part of a group read with a bunch of book community friends on Halloween, and while it wasn’t my first Bradbury book, it was the first I’ve read aimed at a younger audience.THE HALLOWEEN TREE is about a group of boys that are out celebrating Halloween when one of their friends is whisked off, desperately needing to be rescued. The boys meet a mysterious, magical man that takes them across time and space to tell the origin stories of Halloween from different cultures and legends.I enjoyed this a lot, although it felt a bit rushed at times. I would have liked to spend more time in each little locale, because it was so interesting learning about the different customs and traditions. I loved that each boy’s costume tied into the stories, and I loved the descriptions and prose used throughout the book – magical and whimsical and pretty, it reminded me of Alice in Wonderland a few times. The edition I read had really neat illustrations as well, which was a really nice touch.I think I’ll be rereading this each year – it’s short and quick enough to get through in less than an hour, and I feel it’s one of those stories that I’ll get a little bit more out of with each reread.
