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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

29 reviews

izypup's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, and Drug abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Bullying, Abandonment, Car accident, Murder, Child death, and War

lucyford's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It’s a classic for a reason. I just read it a second time (the first time wasn’t by choice), and I’ll never get over how good the world-building and descriptions were. Definitely a book everyone should read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Police brutality

todrick_the_tree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Drug abuse, Death, War, and Vomit

meganio's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

gellyreads's review

challenging dark slow-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? Yes

4.5

I feel so conflicted about this book after teaching it. This is my 3rd time, and while I can see how the students are grappling with the lack of a government, and how that could empower the story more, I also see the absolute detail and restraint Bradbury puts throughout this. Although the ending is fairly anti-climatic and unrealistic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Misogyny, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Police brutality, Child death, Abortion, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: War and Adult/minor relationship

lonely_tardigrade's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Child death, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gore, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: Drug abuse, Abortion, Alcohol, Drug use, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Stalking, and Vomit

little_alisa_06's review

informative reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

Probably one of my favorite dystopian society books to date. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse

north_elliot's review against another edition

Way to descriptive. Bradbury spent a whole page describing an object in extreme poetic detail without directly stating what it was until the end when he said it was a knocked over bottle of sleeping pills.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

gabriella_'s review

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

knightreads's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Drug use, Death, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse

Minor: War, Car accident, Violence, and Misogyny