Reviews tagging 'Death'

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

130 reviews

liri_reads's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

gravitybreaker's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

1.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

lightthebeam's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book. The author has such a unique writing style. It made the book have teeth in a sense, felt like you were being chewed up as the reader after some passages. Thought provoking- challenging and definitely something people should read. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

pil4r's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

3.5

 Continuando con la aventura y desafío de leer y releer clásicos distópicos, me embarqué en Fahrenheit 451 y seguí a Montag, nuestro protagonista, quien comienza a enloquecer cuando empieza a vislumbrar y poner en palabras y actos su incomodidad con la sociedad acelerada y quema-libros en la que vive.
Si bien la sinopsis me parece gancho suficiente, no quiero dejar de destacar la maravillosa construcción del universo que hace Bradbury tantos años atrás. Sus elaboraciones sobre las pantallas, la velocidad, el pensamiento y el disciplinamiento de los cuerpos son sumamente inteligentes y atinadas.
Por otro lado, advierto que esta edición desafió un poco mi lectura por varios motivos que no esperaba principalmente porque recuerdo la particular fluidez de mi lectura de El hombre ilustrado.
Aún así, no quiero dejar de mencionar -y compartir- la invitación tajante que el autor hace a repensar, de mínima, nuestra relación con la cultura y la memoria; reflexión que, como argentina en un contexto de "liberalismo" mileista-destruyecultura, me duele pero también me empuja. Esto hace que, aunque no puedo ubicar a esta obra como mi distopía o clásico favorito, tampoco puedo dejar de recomendarla como oportuna e importante, sobre todo a quienes comparten mi contexto y mis preocupaciones al respecto.

 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

berratrixie's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

2.0

"phone bad, book good !!!!!!!!!": the book

i don't think reading this book was a bad choice. i quite liked the way it was written. bradbury has a really imaginative writing style that can make any description of an object, a person, an ongoing situation evoke very vivid mental imagery. 
BUT
i couldn't help but get the suspicion that the real message wasn't that ALL destruction of ANY informative content is bad, rather just the destruction of this one medium. any other sources of content or information and the people who use them are painted in a pretty bad light. i initially thought the criticism lay more in the authoritarian and fascist aspects of the government portrayed in the book, but reading some of the stuff he's said over the years, it's VERY clear he comes from a very conservative and bigoted perspective. especially him talking about how political correctness or, as he calls it, "censorship from minorities" relates to the book ... yikes !
i also think that the pacing picks WAY up during the third and final part of the book. suddenly there's one plot-altering confrontation after another, concluding with a really weird and unexpected ending.
all this adds up to a really unfocused dystopian novel that, while fun to read, simultaneously has a really questionable message at its core.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

backitupmoony's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

ziggers's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

sakisreads's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

It reminds me of that meme ‘You crazy girl, you crazy’ 😅

I finally sat down to read this book. Wow, book banning and censorship hit hard anyway, but the way in which Fahrenheit 451 covers it was astonishing 😳

3.5 out of 5 stars for me on this one. I find classics a little bit hard to contend with, but this one was well-written and so CURRENT! Thank you ✨

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

rishankl's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark reflective 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

4.0

Fahrenheit 451: the temperature at which book paper burns. This book shows the story of Guy Montag, a fireman who burns books, but questions what books are, and what power do they hold? This is a book to never forget, as it captures a society where self-thought and indivuality are unnattainable.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

te_ss_i's review against another edition

Go to review page

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


Expand filter menu Content Warnings