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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
Wow, sorry everyone that this is getting posted so late tonight. I’ve spent most of my day at the thrift store not being able to control myself around cheap books and booking a flight to Orlando for a reunion with one of my best friends at Harry Potter world. I am geeking and finding it hard to concentrate on edits for this review, so I am sorry for that as well.
This is another book that was recommended to me by my wonderful friend April (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5766721-april) This review will be on the shorter side, since I don’t have a whole lot to say about this book.
This is an authorized graphic novel adaption of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. If you have not read Fahrenheit 451, I highly, highly recommend that you do. It can be a bit dry, but it is a fantastic book. This is a book about firemen, only, firemen no longer put out fires; they start them. Books have been banned and are illegal to own or have in your possession in any way, since society has taken a turn for brainwashed bliss and immediate gratification. Montage lives with his wife, who has just tried to commit suicide (in this supposed to be perfect and blissful society if you catch my drift) and recently met a young girl, his new neighbor, who ponders and questions everything the world offers to her. She spurs something in Montage that he cannot define and everything goes downhill (or uphill really) from there.
The graphic novel adaptation is not a rewritten story; it is simply a condensation of Bradbury’s book. The writing is taken directly from his text and this makes some if it a little awkward in the new format, but the story still flows very well and is still just as heart wrenching. I love this story, so was already pretty biased going into this graphic novel, but I can say that I was not disappointed in any way. I wasn’t really pleasantly surprised either, but, like I said, I’m partial to this text and already love it so much that the only thing that could have drastically changed my view of this story is if the graphic novel was utterly butchered. But, thank god, it wasn’t.
The only other thing I really want to say about this book is that the pictures are GORGEOUS. They really fit well with the story and bring Bradbury’s writing to life. I absolutely loved the illustrations and highly recommend this graphic novel to anyone who likes the original text, classics, graphic novels, and/or exceptionally adores books.
This is another book that was recommended to me by my wonderful friend April (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5766721-april) This review will be on the shorter side, since I don’t have a whole lot to say about this book.
This is an authorized graphic novel adaption of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. If you have not read Fahrenheit 451, I highly, highly recommend that you do. It can be a bit dry, but it is a fantastic book. This is a book about firemen, only, firemen no longer put out fires; they start them. Books have been banned and are illegal to own or have in your possession in any way, since society has taken a turn for brainwashed bliss and immediate gratification. Montage lives with his wife, who has just tried to commit suicide (in this supposed to be perfect and blissful society if you catch my drift) and recently met a young girl, his new neighbor, who ponders and questions everything the world offers to her. She spurs something in Montage that he cannot define and everything goes downhill (or uphill really) from there.
The graphic novel adaptation is not a rewritten story; it is simply a condensation of Bradbury’s book. The writing is taken directly from his text and this makes some if it a little awkward in the new format, but the story still flows very well and is still just as heart wrenching. I love this story, so was already pretty biased going into this graphic novel, but I can say that I was not disappointed in any way. I wasn’t really pleasantly surprised either, but, like I said, I’m partial to this text and already love it so much that the only thing that could have drastically changed my view of this story is if the graphic novel was utterly butchered. But, thank god, it wasn’t.
The only other thing I really want to say about this book is that the pictures are GORGEOUS. They really fit well with the story and bring Bradbury’s writing to life. I absolutely loved the illustrations and highly recommend this graphic novel to anyone who likes the original text, classics, graphic novels, and/or exceptionally adores books.
Captivating Quotes:
“He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new”
“The river held him comfortably, and gave him time, at last, to consider this month, this year, and a lifetime of years”
Great adaptation of the actual novel!
“He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new”
“The river held him comfortably, and gave him time, at last, to consider this month, this year, and a lifetime of years”
Great adaptation of the actual novel!
Graphic novel of one of my favorite books. The introduction by Ray Bradbury ends by posing a question: If you could memorize any book and protect it from censors or "firemen" what would it be?
Definitely something to think about.....
Definitely something to think about.....
I'm grateful for the adaptation. I'm also grateful that it's in a graphic novel form. I attempted to read the "regular" book and it couldn't keep my attention at all. The story of a future with no books and no reading sounds like it could happen. There are a lot of people who don't read at all or who rarely read. The story was set in the future but had been written more than fifty years ago so the author's idea of the future and what would happen was very interesting. Firemen who set fires and not put them out? A future without books and reading? All so scary when you think of those possibilities of people living in a world where thinking for yourself ultimately is not accepted.
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don't love the story and the art was not my jam.
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
fast-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
This adaptation retells Bradbury's masterwork in a Gothic & moody graphic style. Hamilton is able to spare some of Bradbury's beautiful prose, but I agree with many reviewers that this rejuvenation should not replace the original.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Art style was interesting enough to focus on. Oh, the irony of its format - a book about the decline condensing of books condensed into graphic-novel form. Enjoyed the design of the mechanical hound.
Terrifying concept...
It made me sad though that the only books deemed worth keeping/memorising were by white men :(
It made me sad though that the only books deemed worth keeping/memorising were by white men :(
While I really like the novel Fahrenheit 451, this graphic novel interpretation was not great. The artwork was difficult to interpret - characters were indistinguishable, the speech bubbles didn’t line up correctly, and it was overall very dark and too heavily shaded. It detracted from the story rather than enhanced it.