cplemmons 's review for:

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation by Ray Bradbury

1.0

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Well, shit. The first and most recent time I read this book was back in high school, and I had the graphic novel on my bookshelf so I decided to let that be my reread. Wow, is the message of this book not what I remembered it to be. The fire chief (a bad guy, granted) talks about the book burning having started because “minorities” were too sensitive about what was in the books, and people weren’t really reading anyway because they were glued to the TV. So this has two of my favorite (sarcasm) things in it: complaining about what conservatives now call “cancel culture,” and technology alarmism. Extremely disappointing from a book whose writing style I still really love, and which has some really nice and empowering quotes about the endurance of knowledge.

Edit: Deducting another star because I also didn’t like the art in the graphic novel.