Reviews tagging 'War'

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

112 reviews

classical_learner's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Chills. Of all the classic authoritarian dystopia novels (That Hyddeous Strength, 1984, Brave New World, then Fahrenheit 451–honorable mention to Animal Farm), only THS (the misuse of books) and F451 (the destruction of books) would be considered victorious stories of living under such a regime. While all four of these are necessary contributions to the literary thought exploration of manipulative urban dystopias, F451 and THS are the most hopeful ones; I do not think, however, they could be so helpful (and hopeful) without the contrasts of 1984 (tyranny by pain) and BNW (tyranny by pleasure). 
This concludes my brief self-study on dystopian literature, and the final book I would recommend for this analysis is Amusing Ourselves to Death, as it provides parallel reasoning from a nonfiction perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: War

Minor: Cursing

mxmorganic's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt and War

readingwithlex's review against another edition

reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“there must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. you don’t stay for nothing.”

I quite literally clutched this book to my heart when I finished it. no words for how incredible this was. truly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child death and War

corruptednatz's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A dystopian world where books are banned which leads to a society controlled by the government. You can see parts of the book in reality nowadays.  And at first I didn’t like Mildred, montags wife but my feelings changed. She would choose the “family” on tv over her own husband. It’s sad what society done to her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Minor: Murder and War

te_ss_i's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Drug use, and Police brutality

cherryfreckle's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, War, and Death

sammy_nor's review against another edition

reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

read this for school, but it was kind of nice anyway (for once).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: War

jazmckay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt, Murder, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Eating disorder

arctic_benji's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The writing style threw me off at times but after grappling with it for a few hours I've settled in. Ray Bradbury's writing definitely left a mark on me he has a fantastic way of disorienting you when plot relevant. I appreciate this massively as my introduction to dystopian classics with a shining meaning of the importance of books 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Child death and Car accident

ferlefur's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt and War