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A review by mythaster
A Medicine for Melancholy by Ray Bradbury
3.0
Probably my least favorite Bradbury book I've read so far, though that's not to say I didn't like it. It's just not quite as creative and tightly constructed as the stuff I've come to expect from him. And two or three of the stories came out sounding pretty similar: the old husband with the far-flung, poetic ideas, and the nagging wife trying to bring him back to earth. The formula got upturned once but it was still a little disappointing.
The last story, though, "The Day It Rained Forever," was one of his best - the imagery, the sensory details, the melody of music and nature. Also maybe including one of Bradbury's most lifelike, independent female characters? That's probably a lot of why I liked it.
The last story, though, "The Day It Rained Forever," was one of his best - the imagery, the sensory details, the melody of music and nature. Also maybe including one of Bradbury's most lifelike, independent female characters? That's probably a lot of why I liked it.