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A review by novaturient_bibliophile
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
3.5
Overall, it was just kind of meh. The concept and moral and warning of it all was brilliant. The book also had an eerie sort of mood—which both helped to get the point across and also just creep me out. So, my problem wasn’t with what was being said—it was incredible in that aspect—but with how it was being said. The writing style wasn’t my favorite—truth be told, I felt like it made things drag on and it frequently lost me. The metaphors were great, though. Montag was also a very realistic character.
This book definitely spooked me out. The Mechanical Hound, the machines that revived Mildred, the bomb, Montag literally burning people alive…creepily eldritch.
It reminded me a lot of Jonathan Larson’s Superbia (you know, the musical he had to scrap in Tick, Tick…BOOM).
UPDATE: I had to read this book again for school later in the year, and I definitely liked it better the second time around. I understood more of it and was able to appreciate Bradbury’s writing style more fully. One of the things that struck me the most on this read-through was how similar our world is to the world of the book. Yes, there are a lot of differences, but the similarities are more dangerous, so they stand out much more. Was Bradbury good at predicting the future or did he just have a firm grasp and understanding on human nature?
This book definitely spooked me out. The Mechanical Hound, the machines that revived Mildred, the bomb, Montag literally burning people alive…creepily eldritch.
It reminded me a lot of Jonathan Larson’s Superbia (you know, the musical he had to scrap in Tick, Tick…BOOM).
UPDATE: I had to read this book again for school later in the year, and I definitely liked it better the second time around. I understood more of it and was able to appreciate Bradbury’s writing style more fully. One of the things that struck me the most on this read-through was how similar our world is to the world of the book. Yes, there are a lot of differences, but the similarities are more dangerous, so they stand out much more. Was Bradbury good at predicting the future or did he just have a firm grasp and understanding on human nature?