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kirstenrose22's review against another edition
4.0
I'd somehow never read this before. It was pretty good. Definitely a product of the times in which it was written - the sections with Montag's wife just had a 50s feel to me, and of course, the television screens taking over their lives seemed to fit that era too (now, of course, it would be the internets) - though some of the stuff he wrote seemed eerily prescient of some reality shows, for example. Very quick, and a solid book with food for thought.
nikinikt's review against another edition
4.0
Masterful sellection on my part, reading this; I am especially in love in tempo, in cadence of sentences building continuum of a scene.
larilaris's review against another edition
4.0
This book... how can I even start talking about it. I’ve had a two hour conversation with my girl friends about it but it still feels like I haven’t finished it, which is a good thing cause there are so many topics to think about!! Bradbury is a genius! He’s confusing but a genius nonetheless. This book is probably one of many I’ll be always picking up to read again from time to time during my entire life. 4,5
mangofeeesh's review against another edition
Bad narrator, I'm gonna start over with a different recording
riniiix's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
mmvdv's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
dalu's review against another edition
2.0
2.2 ☆
"Once a year, every fireman's allowed to bring one book home, from the old days, to show his family how silly it all was, how nervous that sort of thing can make you, how crazy."
Fahrenheit 451 is a tale about the dangers of censorship and the importance of intellectual freedom and individuality. Bradbury explains this in a critique and satirization of a dystopian world where everyone hates books, burning them and all their "unreal characters" for promoting the television and the new technologies.
And it was... alright?
But then, he started adding so many flowery phrases over the pages (because, quoting the very book "The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more 'literary' you are"... yeah) that didn't actually made it feel more vivid of anything at all; I got kind of tired around the half and felt that the message could have been stated without the need of that many metaphors and whatever.
I also didn't sympathize or loved any of the characters, like, they didn't have a personality at all and were just... there. For the plot.
Really thought I would like the book, but it wasn't the case
"Once a year, every fireman's allowed to bring one book home, from the old days, to show his family how silly it all was, how nervous that sort of thing can make you, how crazy."
Fahrenheit 451 is a tale about the dangers of censorship and the importance of intellectual freedom and individuality. Bradbury explains this in a critique and satirization of a dystopian world where everyone hates books, burning them and all their "unreal characters" for promoting the television and the new technologies.
And it was... alright?
But then, he started adding so many flowery phrases over the pages (because, quoting the very book "The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more 'literary' you are"... yeah) that didn't actually made it feel more vivid of anything at all; I got kind of tired around the half and felt that the message could have been stated without the need of that many metaphors and whatever.
I also didn't sympathize or loved any of the characters, like, they didn't have a personality at all and were just... there. For the plot.
Really thought I would like the book, but it wasn't the case
kellichupp's review against another edition
5.0
Hadn’t read this since middle school. Certainly misunderstood most of it then. It feels more recently written than the 50’s. Reminders of how not to be too sucked into the vapid side of modernity.