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ponch22's review
2.0
My library’s copy of [b:Fahrenheit 451|4381|Fahrenheit 451|Ray Bradbury|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1351643740s/4381.jpg|1272463] included two of [a:Ray Bradbury|1630|Ray Bradbury|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1445955959p2/1630.jpg]’s short stories—[b:The Playground|6315482|The Playground|Ray Bradbury|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493419902s/6315482.jpg|6500720] & [b:And the Rock Cried Out|31332846|And The Rock Cried Out|Ray Bradbury|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1489672255s/31332846.jpg|52008066]
And the Rock Cried Out tells the story of an American couple who find themselves in South America as the US & Europe are destroyed by nuclear war. This previously well-to-do husband & wife have now become the minority in a country that is celebrating that the “day of the white people of the earth is over and finished.” Natives in the jungle try to poison dart them, road blockades try to stop them, border guards prevent them from entering neighboring countries. The story slowly flips the narrative and imagines how quickly minorities would become oppressors if given the chance. It felt like a weak Twilight Zone episode—not one of the original Rod Serling episodes, but rather something unreleased from the Forest Whitaker reboot...
And the Rock Cried Out tells the story of an American couple who find themselves in South America as the US & Europe are destroyed by nuclear war. This previously well-to-do husband & wife have now become the minority in a country that is celebrating that the “day of the white people of the earth is over and finished.” Natives in the jungle try to poison dart them, road blockades try to stop them, border guards prevent them from entering neighboring countries. The story slowly flips the narrative and imagines how quickly minorities would become oppressors if given the chance. It felt like a weak Twilight Zone episode—not one of the original Rod Serling episodes, but rather something unreleased from the Forest Whitaker reboot...
alexinnit's review
3.0
Bradbury is of course an exceptional writer, and this short story is one of the most gripping that I have read recently, however, I did feel that it was missing something to it, although it is hard to place my finger on exactly what it was.
april98's review
4.0
Beautifully written with indirect characterisation, I was breathlessly awaiting the characters next move and decision.
"The flies came down in a feeding cloak to cover the meat, once it had stopped swinging."
"The flies came down in a feeding cloak to cover the meat, once it had stopped swinging."
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