Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

5 reviews

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

I enjoyed the writing style a lot. The visual symbolism throughout was easy to paint a picture, and the way the words flowed was satisfying. But the actual message felt pretentious, considering the only two prominent women in this are a manic pixie dream girl (a teenager at that) and a ditzy housewife? No thanks.

How do you get so empty? He wondered. Who takes it out of you? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Death, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, and Drug abuse

m_h_top's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-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

4.25

This book was wonderful. The writing style is so beautiful, and the message is really important. If you don't like slower books, I may not recommend it, but Fahrenheit 451 is so well written that maybe it's pacing doesn't matter in the end.
Some great quotes: 
- "Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore." (Pg 82)
- "You sound so very old." "Sometimes I'm ancient. I'm afriad of children my own age." (27)
- "He stood breathing, and the more he breathed the land in, the more he was filled up with all the details of the land. He was not empty." (138) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Blood, War, Police brutality, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Violence, Self harm, Addiction, and Suicide

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War

Minor: Suicide

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

odetojersey's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

2.0

tbh i really didn’t enjoy this book. it was so hard for me to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Murder, Suicide, Death, Suicide attempt, Violence, Car accident, War, and Blood