Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Dandelion Wine
Book Review: Dandelion Wine
Summary: 3 Stars
Dandelion Wine is greatly exhibited through its pages. Each vignette has a moral to life. I enjoyed the characters immensly although Dandelion Wine is not one of my favorites. From within each story I saw similarities in my own life. Dandelion wine is an interesting yet choppy adventure.Book Review: Dandelion Wine Is Mighty Fine
Summary: 5 Stars
Back in the late 1970s, when I was in high school, I read practically all of Mr. Bradbury's science-fiction stories. "Dandelion Wine" was his only work that disappointed me because it was boring. Now at the age of 49, I would place this book as one of my favorites. The celebratory feel of Mr. Bradbury's "Dandelion Wine" is reminiscent of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". A great deal of colorful metaphores are used throughout the book. This is not a work to be rapidly read, but more to slowly savor the author's wonderful descriptions. The story is seen mostly through the innocent eyes of a twelve-year-old boy on the cusp of manhood. The entire narrative, however, is not solely narrated by Douglas Spaulding. The reader also dips into the thoughts of a few of the very old people and their perspectives of being at the end of their lives. It has a slight amount of fantasy and an eerie piece about some women and a murderer called The Lonely One. Mr. Bradbury's book is a perfect summer read for us old farts looking to remember how it was to be young again.Book Review: Dandelion Wine- a summer we all should have had
Summary: 5 Stars
Few books touch that nostalgic nerve about summer when we were young. Bradbury provides a story about a summer that we all had or should have had, once. Through the eyes of youth, a summer in Green Town is unveiled with the happy, the sad, the real. The characters are diverse and authentic. The importance of Keds, trolley cars, Nehi's and family are all entwined along with a few unexpected happenings that make life. Critics may suggest Bradbury has not written organzied, flowing prose with the traditional introduction, build-up, climax, and conclusion. Dandelion Wine was not meant to be that traditional novel. It is, rather, a memory of a summer - and memories are seldom organized- but most often bits and pieces in no particular order. In addition to the tale, Bradbury has scattered gems, lines of truth and insight, throughout the book. The character Jonas gently explains to Douglas Spaulding one day that "Some people turn sad awfully young..no special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I'm one of them." Just a Bradbury line that may be a biography in itself of the reader or one of those close friends lost many summers ago. Dandelion Wine is an outstanding work about a time when summers seemed warmer which will be a pleasant book to remove from the shelf every June, July, or August, and relax and feel good remembering when we were the Douglas Spauldings of the world living with vigor.Book Review: Dandelion Wine: The Vintage Summer of 1928
Summary: 4 Stars
The summer of 1928 was a memorable and devasting for tweleve year old Douglas Spaulding. Doug's best friend John Huff, moves away, and is not able to tell him how much his friendship means to him. The time comes for John to leave and Doug dosen't want to face reality. He let his eyes fall in a brief flicker. The watch said three o'clock. Doug moved his hand stealthily to the ticking, pulled out the watch stem. He set the hands back. Now they had all the time they would ever need to look long and close at the world, feel the sun move like a fiery wind over the sky. Dandelion Wine was written remarkably and every time I would put the book down I would find myself picking it back up and reading another chapter. The book makes you think of your own childhood; I would reccommend it to everyone of all ages.Book Review: Dandelion Wine: The Vintage Summer of 1928
Summary: 4 Stars
The summer of 1928 was a memorable and devasting for tweleve year old Douglas Spaulding. Doug's best friend John Huff, moves away, and is not able to tell him how much his friendship means to him. The time comes for John to leave and Doug dosen't want to face reality. He let his eyes fall in a brief flicker. The watch said three o'clock. Doug moved his hand stealthily to the ticking, pulled out the watch stem. He set the hands back. Now they had all the time they would ever need to look long and close at the world, feel the sun move like a fiery wind over the sky. Dandelion Wine was written remarkably and every time I would put the book down I would find myself picking it back up and reading another chapter. The book makes you think of your own childhood; I would reccommend it to everyone of all ages.