What the community thinks
summary of 14429 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
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Suicide (3 reviewers), Drug use (2 reviewers), Drug abuse (2 reviewers), Medical content (1 reviewer), Addiction (1 reviewer), Mental illness (1 reviewer), and Death (1 reviewer)Moderate
Child death (3 reviewers), Death (3 reviewers), Violence (1 reviewer), Misogyny (1 reviewer), Suicide (1 reviewer), and Mental illness (1 reviewer)Minor
Medical content (1 reviewer), Suicide (1 reviewer), and Drug abuse (1 reviewer)Moods
dark 65%
tense 44%
challenging 38%
sad 21%
adventurous 19%
emotional 16%
inspiring 15%
mysterious 15%
hopeful 10%
informative 3%
funny 0%
relaxing 0%
Pace
fast 27%
slow 13%
Strong character development?
Yes: 76% | It's complicated: 11% | No: 10% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
No: 40% | It's complicated: 38% | Yes: 15% | N/A: 5%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 81% | It's complicated: 7% | Yes: 6% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters centre-stage?
Yes: 74% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 6% | N/A: 5%Average rating
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Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.
Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television 'family'. But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people did not live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television.
When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.
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Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.
Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television 'family'. But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people did not live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television.
When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.
What the community thinks
summary of 14429 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
Graphic
Suicide (3 reviewers), Drug use (2 reviewers), Drug abuse (2 reviewers), Medical content (1 reviewer), Addiction (1 reviewer), Mental illness (1 reviewer), and Death (1 reviewer)Moderate
Child death (3 reviewers), Death (3 reviewers), Violence (1 reviewer), Misogyny (1 reviewer), Suicide (1 reviewer), and Mental illness (1 reviewer)Minor
Medical content (1 reviewer), Suicide (1 reviewer), and Drug abuse (1 reviewer)Moods
dark 65%
tense 44%
challenging 38%
sad 21%
adventurous 19%
emotional 16%
inspiring 15%
mysterious 15%
hopeful 10%
informative 3%
funny 0%
relaxing 0%
Pace
fast 27%
slow 13%
Strong character development?
Yes: 76% | It's complicated: 11% | No: 10% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
No: 40% | It's complicated: 38% | Yes: 15% | N/A: 5%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 81% | It's complicated: 7% | Yes: 6% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters centre-stage?
Yes: 74% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 6% | N/A: 5%Average rating