Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

27 reviews

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

insertnamehere___'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Violence

chaotically_katie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Grief, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

finnft4's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.75

Went into this book thinking I would despise it, since I thought it was just anti-technology, though it was honestly perfectly fine. Bradbury has interesting insights on society as a whole, and some of these insights ring true (others annoyed me as being overexaggerated, but nonetheless). 

That being said, the symbolism is rather on-the-nose (there are some parts where you can't tell what's real and what the protagonist is just imagining) and the imagery is intense, but I was unbothered by that. I still think it's done well and liked it a decent amount, even though I had to read it for an English assignment haha. Also super short; you can read it in a dedicated 2 hours. Not the worst school book I've had to read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Murder

artiiichoke's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abandonment

coffeeatthebeachwoodcafe's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

i read this for school and it wasn’t a personal favorite 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Drug abuse

dravens_deathcrush's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse and Murder

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

2.5

This book is a classic, and it should be. The general premise and the themes Bradbury explores deserve to be talked about! However, the characters were dull, and part of the plot seemed silly to me. Then again, I read this in 2021, 70 years after it was written, so of course it’s not going to resonate the same way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident and Cursing

niaaaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, War, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident

josiejett's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse and Fire/Fire injury