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Didn't got around reading much this month, busy, busy, busy, ...
Here's my review of this month's book! No worries, if you couldn't get around to it, I know everyone is busy! Don't forget, we start November's pick tomorrow!
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The themes of the book really spoke to me, the biggest one being the idea of wanting to be older and wanting to be younger. Jim is drawn to the carousel because he wants to be older and Will’s father, Charles longs to be younger. There are a few characters that fall prey to the carousel, but what we find out is that the carousel only changes your physical age and not your mental age. On a Personal note, I often have episodes of wanting to be older and wanting to go back in time and do things over again, I mean who doesn’t? The theme of aging can also be seen in the repeated imagery of seasons which are often used in a metaphor to your age (spring=newly born, young; winter=near death).
There’s also the mirror maze at the carnival which horrifies guests by showing them an old, decrepit version of themselves. This is a tool to get people to “Sell their souls” to the carnival. Horrified by their reflection they are more likely to ride the carousel and reverse their age, however, as I mentioned, their mental age doesn’t change. Thus, the rider alienates themselves from their acquaintances and has no other place to turn other than the carnival.
The novel also tackles common themes we see in media (ANOES for example) where a character learns that the only power people and objects have on us is the power we give to it. Much like Nancy in ANOES, Charles has an epiphany about his fear of aging and dying; he finds out that laughter and joy can be used as weapons against Mr. Dark and the other carnival people. Basically, Charles learns that if you dwell on your eventual death, you will lose out on enjoying your life, family, and friends. We see this as Charles starts out the novel longing to be young and not connecting with his son, but by the end of the novel, he can keep up with the boys as they run form the carnival.
Of course, there is also the coming-of-age themes with Jim and Will. Over the course of the novel, they learn to face their fears and how to overcome temptation. This is physically shown when Jim and Will both take a ride on the carousel at the end of the book, but they are never shown reversing it. So, it can be inferred that they’ve grown-up slightly after this ordeal.
Personally, I loved the book. I’ve always been a fan of Bradbury’s imagery, especially when it comes to the seasons. The man knows how to transport you, I will tell you that. I felt myself relating both to the boys and Charles (kind of being in between them in age) and this is going down as one of my favorite Bradbury works!
My Rating: 5/5
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The themes of the book really spoke to me, the biggest one being the idea of wanting to be older and wanting to be younger. Jim is drawn to the carousel because he wants to be older and Will’s father, Charles longs to be younger. There are a few characters that fall prey to the carousel, but what we find out is that the carousel only changes your physical age and not your mental age. On a Personal note, I often have episodes of wanting to be older and wanting to go back in time and do things over again, I mean who doesn’t? The theme of aging can also be seen in the repeated imagery of seasons which are often used in a metaphor to your age (spring=newly born, young; winter=near death).
There’s also the mirror maze at the carnival which horrifies guests by showing them an old, decrepit version of themselves. This is a tool to get people to “Sell their souls” to the carnival. Horrified by their reflection they are more likely to ride the carousel and reverse their age, however, as I mentioned, their mental age doesn’t change. Thus, the rider alienates themselves from their acquaintances and has no other place to turn other than the carnival.
The novel also tackles common themes we see in media (ANOES for example) where a character learns that the only power people and objects have on us is the power we give to it. Much like Nancy in ANOES, Charles has an epiphany about his fear of aging and dying; he finds out that laughter and joy can be used as weapons against Mr. Dark and the other carnival people. Basically, Charles learns that if you dwell on your eventual death, you will lose out on enjoying your life, family, and friends. We see this as Charles starts out the novel longing to be young and not connecting with his son, but by the end of the novel, he can keep up with the boys as they run form the carnival.
Of course, there is also the coming-of-age themes with Jim and Will. Over the course of the novel, they learn to face their fears and how to overcome temptation. This is physically shown when Jim and Will both take a ride on the carousel at the end of the book, but they are never shown reversing it. So, it can be inferred that they’ve grown-up slightly after this ordeal.
Personally, I loved the book. I’ve always been a fan of Bradbury’s imagery, especially when it comes to the seasons. The man knows how to transport you, I will tell you that. I felt myself relating both to the boys and Charles (kind of being in between them in age) and this is going down as one of my favorite Bradbury works!
My Rating: 5/5
Sorry I've been MIA in the group this month...October is the busiest month of the year over on my YT channel!
Just wanted to touch base with you guys and let you know I'll be filming/editing my review of Something Wicked This Way Comes on Tuesday if you want your review featured in the video.
I'm almost done with the book and will post my review here soon!
Hope you're all having a spooky and safe October so far! And it's almost Halloween...YAY!!!