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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I mean, it's a classic book, I don't know what else to say about it. It was decent and of course, a warning to what the US could easily fall into. Rights are already being taken away, books are being banned left, right, and center. Not really too many steps left to escalate to burning them
challenging
dark
reflective
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
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:
No
Set in the authorpocalypse, that deeply absurd spin on dystopia which has terrified writers from Huxley to DFW to Shteyngart. Bradbury doesn't seem to believe in his world all the way, though, and wastes a lot of pages re-convincing us. Character actions are melodramatic, contrived, or both. No one is likeable; wife is a shrieking harpy who draws from the most sexist 50's cliches. Prose would be the saving grace, as it can get good, but too often impales itself on hasty conceits.
I'm not sure if i liked this book or not. It was boring at some point but also interresting.
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fahrenheit 451 is an extremely impressive dystopian novella that has scarily predicted some of our modern-day practices and conformities down to a T. I'm sure everybody's tired of all the ties we've made between dystopian books and modern-day society, but it's noteworthy how the main element of this book, mass censorship, has been especially more normalized in the 2020s. Despite telling us what would be our future, the book is wonderfully written and enticing despite being only around 150 pages. Bradbury delivers a profound and disturbing view into how he saw the future of America and what would happen if the people weren't ready to conserve their books and protect their right of information. Beautiful character development, expertly-crafted story, clear and poetic prose; truly outstanding.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
He de decir que este libro lo he leído por ser un clásico y porque me parecía muy interesante la premisa distópica que el autor presentaba. Pero, quizás, la edición que conseguí no fuera la más adecuada para los lectores actuales ya que se me hizo un poco confusa y cuesta arriba.
Sin embargo, el mensaje de Ray Bradbury en esta obra es muy interesante. Una visión que, aunque puede parece extremista, cada día es más real pues estamos completamente enganchados a las pantallas a las imágenes, los vídeos en movimiento. Y en la época que Ray escribió el libro, ni siquiera contempló la posibilidad de que pudiéramos llevar una pequeña pantalla siempre con nosotros. Pero si esta obra fuera más actual, seríamos más conscientes de la repercusión que tuvo la 'caja tonta' en nuestras vidas.
La verdad, es muy interesante.
Sin embargo, el mensaje de Ray Bradbury en esta obra es muy interesante. Una visión que, aunque puede parece extremista, cada día es más real pues estamos completamente enganchados a las pantallas a las imágenes, los vídeos en movimiento. Y en la época que Ray escribió el libro, ni siquiera contempló la posibilidad de que pudiéramos llevar una pequeña pantalla siempre con nosotros. Pero si esta obra fuera más actual, seríamos más conscientes de la repercusión que tuvo la 'caja tonta' en nuestras vidas.
La verdad, es muy interesante.
challenging
dark
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes