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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

132 reviews

autismandniamh's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

erin2802's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The writing in this book had an energy to it that I haven’t read before! Almost a stream of consciousness at times, i really felt the characters emotions. Very much enjoyed, definitely can see why it’s considered a classic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rafacolog's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

augie_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Drug use

hazelbynature's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

Incredibly influential, I think many of the concepts explored in Fahrenheit 451 are now taken for granted in the public consciousness. I had a vague idea of what the book was about going into it, but there was far more to the story than I expected, and the plot surprised me despite its age.
But over and above the ideas, the dystopia Bradbury brings to life, I found the energy with which Montag’s story is conveyed is incredibly compelling. I loved the writing style, although it might not be everyone’s cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Misogyny, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Sexism and Vomit

ebp's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Car accident, and War

Minor: Abortion

maryconney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

helenferg's review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

rumroza's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Murder, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

i read this once in 2020 (fell asleep in the last hour of the audiobook but i retained the whole story, woke up the next day, relistened to the parts i missed), and watched the truffaut movie in one of my last film classes, but i have the book version and i thought i might as well give it the honest try now that i’m officially integrated into reading.

welp, i gave it 3 stars back when i didnt have a rating system, and 3 stars was too generous. i get what he was going for but there are so many questions and plot holes. WHY do they know how to read if books are illegal is the biggest one! WHO taught them and HOW and WHY. and honestly with that question alone I don’t even need to get into my other issues. the story isn’t good but white people have a very low bar for what they have made into classics. basically anything that happened in real life to people of color they fictionalized and went “isn't that terrible? wouldn’t that be terrible if that happened to us civilized people? and isn’t the prose fantastic? let’s make this a classic.” like there are absolutely better dystopian and censorship based books. let me stop the man’s already six feet under.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Vomit, Medical content, and War

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Abortion