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A review by neurotypically
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation by Ray Bradbury
3.0
Okay so I'm confused. This book seems unfinished and I don't know if that's just my perception or if other people think that, too.
The concept of books being banned and burned is nothing new to me, having studied German history. Since I've been an avid reader all my life, I kinda think of it as a sacrileg or something, I don't get how people could do something like that without feeling guilty or getting enticed by the books.
Luckily, the author feels the same.
The main character Guy Montag is a fool of some sort. He doesn't seem to get that his actions are illegal and could get him and everyone around him in trouble and that not everybody shares his interest for books. He acts very impulsively. For someone who's just recently got into reading, he's super passionate and I wouldn't want him on tumblr, he'd probably be the worst kind of blogger, y'know, killing someone over a book after a few days of the obsession.
My problem with graphic novels is that they seem incomplete. I feel like not everything can be showed in those pictures and that a lot of the writing gets lost - reading Oscar Wilde for example is like a religious experience because of his phenomenal use of words which cannot be translated in images. I also rarely look at the pictures and just look for the text. Again, I probably shouldn't read any more graphic novels and stay to the text. Still, kudos to the illustrator - I loved the few colours, they made everything seem v dystopian.
As I said, the novel seems unfinished. In the first pages, a great and interesting character gets introduced. Later on, there is another one. You learn so little about them, although they have so much potential. At the end, loads of interesting characters get introduced - the campers in the wood. I'd love to hear more about them and I'd just love to read a story from their pov.
Still, I think that Fahrenheit 451 is an ode to books. It tries to show their value and denounce people that renounce books. Still, I find it ironic that it's been made into a graphic novel then.
I want to say: since I read the Lord of the Rings, I always skip the introduction. I didn't skip it now and it was super thought-provoking; Ray Bradbury asking which book I'd mesmorise and save and why. Might come back to that one.
The concept of books being banned and burned is nothing new to me, having studied German history. Since I've been an avid reader all my life, I kinda think of it as a sacrileg or something, I don't get how people could do something like that without feeling guilty or getting enticed by the books.
Luckily, the author feels the same.
The main character Guy Montag is a fool of some sort. He doesn't seem to get that his actions are illegal and could get him and everyone around him in trouble and that not everybody shares his interest for books. He acts very impulsively. For someone who's just recently got into reading, he's super passionate and I wouldn't want him on tumblr, he'd probably be the worst kind of blogger, y'know, killing someone over a book after a few days of the obsession.
My problem with graphic novels is that they seem incomplete. I feel like not everything can be showed in those pictures and that a lot of the writing gets lost - reading Oscar Wilde for example is like a religious experience because of his phenomenal use of words which cannot be translated in images. I also rarely look at the pictures and just look for the text. Again, I probably shouldn't read any more graphic novels and stay to the text. Still, kudos to the illustrator - I loved the few colours, they made everything seem v dystopian.
As I said, the novel seems unfinished. In the first pages, a great and interesting character gets introduced. Later on, there is another one. You learn so little about them, although they have so much potential. At the end, loads of interesting characters get introduced - the campers in the wood. I'd love to hear more about them and I'd just love to read a story from their pov.
Still, I think that Fahrenheit 451 is an ode to books. It tries to show their value and denounce people that renounce books. Still, I find it ironic that it's been made into a graphic novel then.
I want to say: since I read the Lord of the Rings, I always skip the introduction. I didn't skip it now and it was super thought-provoking; Ray Bradbury asking which book I'd mesmorise and save and why. Might come back to that one.