THE PLAYGROUND
by:
Ray Bradbury (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780795305023 (0795305028)
Publish date: February 28th 2001
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Edition language: English
This was interesting, but once I realized where it was heading, there weren't really any surprises left. The main character's motivation was a little questionable, personally. It is hard to tell, however, how realistic his concern actually was; he seemed a bit of an unreliable narrator to me, and ...
This just in: it turns out that kids can be monstrously terrible to each other. Feel free to take a moment to integrate this revelation into your heretofore innocent worldview. How did I come to know this terrifying secret? From Ray Bradbury of course. (Although I do have this weird blank spot in ...
Evocative and creepy - which is what Ray Bradbury does best. I've had this short story on my (virtual) shelves for a while now, but had never got around to reading it. In light of Bradbury's sad passing, I rectified that.