Something Wicked This Way Comes

I liked the way this story was written, almost poetically. My husband and I read it aloud to one another before Halloween since this was classified as “horror.” I would say it is more a coming-of-age story with some morality-tale undertones. I didn't find it scary at all, which I was fine with. It did have many horror themes so I can't really say it wasn't horror.

My main reason for giving it three stars was I found it hard to focus during much of it. Maybe that was from listening to it as well as reading it. But there are also a lot of rambling sentences that have unclear, though deep and poetic, meaning, so paying close attention was difficult. I also felt that there was a disconnect between the reader and the characters that may have been purposeful, though again it made it hard to invest.

Overall, I enjoyed it. If I read it again the future I would maybe enjoy it better the second time.