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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

50 reviews

savvykins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

3.25

Even though the premise and the book are undoubtedly well-loved, the plot's potential was wasted by unnecessary metaphors, long monologs, and flat world-building. Don't get me wrong, the book itself was good, but it could've been great. Bradbury writes heavily and figuratively in this novel, and even as a poetry enthusiast, this book contains too much. He would go on for paragraphs about minuscule details and then explain plotholes with an out-of-place monologue. The characters lack depth and any sense of self, which may reflect the mindless society, but we don't see any new traits after Montag's eventual transition.  However, the book is a classic and for the right reasons. For being written in the 50s, the story was revolutionary and still holds up to this day. Bradbury created a deep, impactful concept. I will give his credit where credit is due, his poetic writing creates more emotions and a hazy perspective for the readers. The poetry can be very heavy and almost create an uncomfortable feeling while reading because you don't really know where he's getting at until he puts a conversely very direct explanation in the form of a speech or a secret Montag's mentor, Faber, reveals. Furthermore, the end falls incredibly flat and disappointing-ending abruptly. Overall, I'd recommend reading as it does have its impacts and provides new perspectives, but I don't recommend rereading or indulging simply as a book to enjoy for the sake of it.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident and War

Minor: Abortion

nenah_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

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

claire_huntley22's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide attempt, and War

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

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

filipa_maia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

This book was on my TBR for a very long time before I decided to read it. This book was on my TBR for a very long time before I decided to read it.

I love this dystopian world created by Ray Bradbury: What if owning books, or read them, was illegal? I cannot even think about that. Man, my house would be burned down in two seconds... How can a book written in 1953 describe the world today? The “infinite scroll” society we live in today is not much different from the one Bradbury writes about.

I don't think this is the last time I will read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Grief, Car accident, and War

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kajasversion's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

i agree with everything Sideria said so i’ll just leave this here: “Besides that it also describes a future of degenerating and increasingly faster entertainment. Entertainment that doesn't ask hard questions. And in that it often managed to predict some bad current tendencies in 21st century media. 30sec short form video bombardement. But as much as the book gets right about the future, it gets wrong as well. Because books are more popular than ever. Long form video content and endless critiques of power structures still exist. There's just more of everything now and (as of now) we make our own decision on what we spend our time on. As a cautionary tale it does work I think and Ray Bradbury never claimed that he tried to predict the future.

The book doesn't escape the solid undertone of 1950's pre feminist misogyny. Every single woman in this book except Clarisse (who's childish and innocent) is hysterical. It's not even clear if they have a job. Granted, given the book's short 200 page length, you never truly get an idea of everyday life in this Dystopia but I'd assume gender dynamics is one the things that hadn't changed. This is the biggest point of critique I have.”

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and War

Minor: Suicide, Car accident, and Abortion