Reviews tagging 'Death'

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

135 reviews

laheath's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

I knew the basic premise of the book, but it was never high on my list to read, probably because I don't read much of this genre. However, I'm always fascinated when I read something written so long ago that seems so eerily accurate in it's social commentary on the "future," which turns out to be when we seem to be living as I'm reading it. The messages on censorship, government-controlled broadcasting, higher education, literature, marriage, and child-rearing are so interesting. I was shocked at the coincidence of hearing we had started and won 2 atomic wars since 2022! It took me back to how it felt reading 1984 in 1984! Tim Robbins did a fantastic job with the narration too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Drug use, War, and Murder

shyleek's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Some classics are a little difficult to devour and this was no exception but what we take away from it is so important that it's worth the struggle to read. 
The characters are hard to love and there are places that are hard to read but it's worth it to make it to the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Death

amradio's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

Definitely one of my favorite books I read when I was younger
It really makes you think of the importance of books especially "classics" which "a lot of people" (quotes cuz it's just a lot of people I've seen) seem to hate on

It's also interesting to think that with how some books are marked now there's a very simple non insightful labels that can slap on them to make people wanna read them and I think of that when they talked about the tv and how they stripped media down to basically nothingness

I say this to draw parallels in conversations I've had/heard with other people

Overall it's a great book though the ending bits felt a little dragged 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and War

Minor: Abortion

lotus440's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty

tking250's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Death

eatmytoe404's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I really loved this book and it got me out of my reading slump. It was a bit confusing at the start but once you get into it its an amazing book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: War, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Grief, Racism, Sexism, Gaslighting, Classism, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

rory_john14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Mental illness, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

noxygens's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Suicide

livya's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.0

It was a fairly good read with some nice descriptions, I think it’s overhyped when people say it predicted modern life etc. Basically it boils down to TV bad, book good. Not a bad message per say, but also one which was oversimplified and was literally Mike Teevee’s backstory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and War

frogeatingsoup's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, and Child death

Minor: War and Vomit