Fahrenheit 451

Unbelievably relevant to the last few years, which is amazing given it was written so long ago. The story itself wasn't the most gripping but he world and warning of what may be kept me engaged to the end.

Succinct, effective, and beautiful.

Always love Bradbury's poetic prose.

A book that makes me wish I was back in my tiny 5 people Eng Lit class back in highschool where we could discuss it endlessly.

Maybe I just have a thing for books that end in a fiery explosion.

This book was amazing!! I only took off one star because five-star reviews are usually limited to books that made me cry. While I didn't cry on this book, it was definitely an interesting book that leaves so much room for thought. It's incredibly intellectually stimulating and makes for amazing discussion. Reading this book in 2022 is a little horrifying though. Bradbury predicted the future almost perfectly and I fear that we may be sprinting directly to the dystopian future that this book predicts.

Copy/paste from BLC: This was quite scary and heavy, being controlled on what we consume, and how the roles of firemen changed over time to burn. I think the scariest was when the woman refused to leave the house and burned herself alive. ;-; I liked Clarisse's role in shifting Guy's mindset but oh why did she have to be gone so quickly..

if you offer me any flower metaphors or any religious metaphors i will eat them up an infinite amount of times

i loved the writing style, it's so easy to read because it reminds my brain of how i actually speak, teehee

I hated everything about this book from start to finish.

Książki mają nam przypominać, jacy z nas głupcy, jakie z nas osły. Ray Bradbury w 451° Fahrenheita stworzył straszną wizje świata. Guy Montag, Strażak zamiast gasić pożary, wznieca je, aby palić książki. Mają one zły wpływ na ludzi, a ich posiadanie jest zakazane. Dystopia, która mam nadzieję nigdy nie nadejdzie.
Bo książki są po to, by o nich dyskutować, a nie palić.

Well that certainly lived up to its reputation! Totally loved it. Thought provoking, entertaining and great writing. Highly recommended.

The book left me feeling disappointed. It's not necessarily terrible, but the story was boring and didn't grab my attention. It was hard to follow, making it difficult to understand what was going on. It felt too short in important parts and too long in irrelevant ones. It jumped around to different things that didn't really matter to the main story. The main idea of the book is that censorship will ruin society. The reasoning behind this is that people get easily offended. I don't think we'll ever reach a point in real life where this exact scenario happens, which makes this book feel like a watered-down version of a dystopian story with a poorly developed world that wasn't fully explained. Also, the characters were uninteresting and failed to draw me in. The main character was like a typical hero, and his wife didn't do much besides showing how messed up the world was. Clarisse was different from everyone else, but that's about it. That's her whole personality. She's just not like everyone else. Overall, the book didn't live up to the hype.

Restored my faith in classics

“Everyone must leave something behind... Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go... It doesn't matter what you do... So long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away.”
I really like these lines from the book. They explain something every single one of us have heard of. Our legacy. It's not the details; it's the change we bring about in the world that keeps our soul alive.
A book, the collection of its authors life, and his many pieces of thoughts, wisdom, and knowledge is the biggest catalyst for change that we can leave behind. It's what makes books important, so they need to be protected and cherished.
Fahrenheit 451 also teaches an important lesson about how ignorance left unchecked can lead to the soils of knowledge being poisoned. Ultimately, change may no longer he possible. And that's a life we should strive not to bring about.
It's a wonderful and philosophical read that I truly think everyone should read, alongside 1984.

So... How to start a review about a classic which I know a lot of people like. I was really intrigued by the idea behind Fahrenheit 451 and I enjoyed the first couple of chapters, but then it took a turn. Short story: I didn't like the way the plot was going. It was just decent. I started to lose interest in reading this book, which made me sad, since this has been on my TBR for years. (ever since I've heard what it's about). Even though I don't particularly like the book I'm still glad that I read the book. It definitely shows the heaviness of the air in a world where the government controls the input of knowledge (and its tight grip on society). It had an unsettling feeling which I really appreciated in this story.

Conclusion: it was a decent story. I would recommend it even though I didn't like it as much. This novel was very ahead of its time and people should appreciate that (and the bloody wonderful writing).

I originally read part one of this book in high school, for English, and my 14 year old self hated it.

Reading it now, this is an incredible work of literature.

No, it's not clean. It's not beautifully edited and powerfully structured. It's, at times, a hot mess. But that ties in so well with the protagonist's state of mind, and the world around them.

I stand by my earlier rating.

This book was much more than I expected and I wish I had the words in me to write about it!
It is a story about the love for books, the love for people, about control, easy entertainment, instant gratification, critical thinking, detachment, humanity and all other things you may read between the lines.
It is a book of warning but also hope.

I've read the version with the Neil Gaiman introduction, which was brilliant.
Neil Gaiman wrote: “A young reader finding this book today, or the day after tomorrow, is going to have to imagine a past, and then a future that belongs to the past”.
This book is a possible future of a past I didn't live, however, as in other dystopia, we can find something it our present that relates to that future.
We don't have rooms with walls-screens but we carry them everywhere we go. We don't take part of a script but changed how we interact in way that, for me, confuses the line between family, friendship, acquaintances and strangers.
We know so many details about other peoples lives and about the good things that happen to them, leaving a false sense of connection.
We live in a non ending scroll and instant gratification loop affecting our critical thinking, giving space to new and old threats and different forms of manipulation.

I loved Fahrenheit 451 and cannot recommend it enough.

Que un libro alimente el amor que ya le tienes a los libros aún más dice mucho de cuan bien escrito está y que buena historia tiene

Read and reviewed: Jul 12, 2021

I just finished

Part 1: Bradbury's writing style is not that good, and he is only saved by his original ideas. Oh, I miss Le Guin or Orwell's writing quality! The first half was quite contrived and the society that he portrays seems too flat and lifeless, like it's an idea of a world but not a world that humans would design and live in. I like Clarisse a lot, for her intelligence and the way she looks at the world from a different perspective. It's sad that she died, if she did die. She represents a way for Montag to come to realize the life he has been living. Now, they are reading books, and I wonder where it will go. Also, it makes no sense that because they covered the houses with a piece of fireproof plastic, there is no more need for firefighters!

Part 2: this book is weirdly elitist and feels fake. Montag just realized what friendship is by reading a book about friendship?!? Like, no! You don't need to read a book to understand friendship. And they removed the front porch so that people no longer talk or sit in silence. Ha ha ha that's ludicrous. And a lot of people don't read books and will never read a book in their entire lifetime and they still have intense, complex and meaningful conversations with others. This book rubs me the wrong way, but I'm going to keep reading...

I just read the part where we learn that the last liberal arts college shut down years ago. That doesn't make any sense. Humans LOVE stories. And in that world that Bradbury imagines, TV is everything, which means we need actors and designers and sound engineers and all kinds of artists. That really makes no sense facepalm

What I meant by fake in that case is that the dystopian world that Bradbury imagines doesn't rely on the way humans behave, that it doesn't feel probable. It feels too far stretched out, to the point of being ridiculous. People still remember the moments they once cherished, even if they watch ads and are on the phone all day long with their family while watching tv. Why would those have to exclude each other?

So, the decision to burn books didn't come from the government, but there are no more Bible or religious books to be found? That's just absurd. Religion is so important to people, that would never happen, unless a totalitarian government imposes it. In which world, Bradbury?
“Number one, quality of information. Number two: leisure to digest it. Number three: the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two.”

Part 3 and ending: I had to force myself to read the last part. I was no longer interested in the story and the chase didn't feel realistic. I liked the idea that they kept the books in their heads, but at the same time, they seemed isolated enough to be able to keep some writing with them. I wonder if they ever write. It was never mentioned, but are people allowed to keep diaries, or lists, or anything written?

Overall, I'm glad that I finished the book, as it's a classic and I wanted to know why. I really liked Clarisse, and I understand why she couldn't stay in the story. Mostly, I didn't like Bradbury's writing skill, and I thought the story was just okay. It could have been a short story instead.

Hard to believe I haven't read this one yet. Bradbury displays brilliance with every sentence. The sporadically repeated words, intriguing symbolism, and dialogue writing in general astounded me.
Several monologues struck me as genius. It completely makes sense why this book is so highly revered.

Un concept asa de interesant, dar o poveste asa de generica cu un personaj asa de plictisit. E dubios cum fix cea mai naspa carte de Bradbury (din ce am citit eu) este cea mai populara si ridicata in slavi...

Una obra maestra.

5 stars for being a book that makes me think about long after I have closed it. Minus 2 stars for being overloaded with metaphors and a tad bit confusing writing style.

8/10

Obviously a worthwhile read, it just didn't hit the same way it did when I was a teenager.

Magistral. Aunque existen hechos en la historia de la humanidad que guardan cierta similitud con el libro, es una realidad que, el lector consumado, no desearía que ocurriese nunca.
No puedo llegarme a imaginar si los libros dejarán de existir. 

I have started reading this at least twice before without finishing. Not because I disliked it, but because I was reading too many things at once, or I was distracted by a shiny new book. But, I finally read it. It's not a new favourite, but I did like it.