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Summary: Why the bad reviews?
Review: As I looked up this book after reading it, I saw it had an average rating of only four stars. What was wrong with it? People claim they don't understand it, but it's very simple and clear. And what is wrong with it? This book is classic, and is one of the most perfect foretellings of the future ever. Read it and ignore the two star reviewers.
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Summary: Fahrenheit 451
Review: This novel is a great way to explore what might happen in the near future if the public decides to allow technology do everything for them. It shows the power of popular thought, and also shows its distructiveness. I would not say this novel is science fiction, even though it has some qualities of that. I would call this book a classic, and wonderful. Bradbury really grabs the reader with the way he discribes everything. It is almost like reading a collection of poems that are in sequence. I highly recommend this wonderful master piece.
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Summary: ATTENTION TEACHERS!
Review: I had to read this book in my sophomore Honors English class. Basically, it is about book-burning and the importance of books. BUT IF YOU WANT TO IMPART TO YOUR STUDENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF READING, LET THEM READ SOMETHING THAT IS AT LEAST INTERESTING! Instead of having your students read Fahrenheit 451, let them read DUNE (and don't say it's bad because the movies were!), or HARLAN ELLISON, or PHILIP K. DICK. NOT this pocket-protector, suit and tie business writer, Bradbury. I've tried reading some of his other stuff. He's not that good. This book was okay, but nothing great and certainly nothing I would spend money on or read again. Have you ever heard of "show, don't tell"? This book only TELLS why books are important. But let the student read a good book and that will SHOW them why books are important. This is one of many rotten books that I have read in High School. It's no wonder, with book selections like these, that students don't read and are illiterate.
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Summary: Censorship has never felt so real...
Review: This book blew me away, but to appreciate it, you must understand how technology has affected us and how we already act. Plus, you must understand, that this book was written in the 50s where they thought we would be even further in the future.In the time of Guy Montag, no book-readers were free. they were behind bars, or running from the law; and he was one of the people who put them there. this book is so moving and compelling i could only grasp the rhythm of Bradbury and his magnificent language that lets you know the fear and hatred of Montag. Before you start, you need to know that this book will be weird and confusing. You must appreciate philosophy and know how strange this world is.
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Summary: I DON'T UNDERSTAND...
Review: I AM A FRESHMEN AND I WAS REQUIRED TO READ THIS BOOK.I AM ON PAGE 29. I DON'T GET A WORD I HAVE READ. I FEEL LIKE I'M READING IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. MABY IT'S BECAUSE I'M YOUNG.OR BECAUSE I'M ONLY ON PAGE 29.ALL I KNOW IS THAT I'M LOST.I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO REVIEWED THIS BOOK. YOU HAVE HELPED ALOT.
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Summary: A Favorite
Review: I recently read a series of letters-to-the-editor in my local newspaper from a group of middle schoolers who had just read Fahrenheit 451. 8 out of 10 didn't like the book because it "encouraged burning books." Ahem, did they ACTUALLY read the book or just the back cover? Also many of them were pro-cencorship....I don't know what it is about that class, but I also read this in 8th grade (I am a senior in h.s. now) and I loved it. No one that age should have trouble grasping that the book is ANTI-censorship. Bradbury's style is a little hard to follow at first, but I quickly got used to it and found it fascinating. It is still one of my favorite books, and it gets better every time that I read it (probably because I get older). This is definitely five stars!
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Summary: A Wonderful Book Bringing You Closer To Our Future
Review: Reading on and on, and flying through the pages of an exceptional novel, sums up my spellbinding experience with Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. With its wide array of characters I shared their pain, sorrow, and excitement. Its many themes forced me to ponder about our civilization's future. The picture that Bradbury painted of a particular community was magnificent. Most importantly, I encountered a society that seemed alien and threatening, but also familiar enough to be real. It is a story of censorship and consumerism, a novel concerning the future, a tale describing the transformation of a man are words that merely describe the power of this novel. Fahrenheit 451 is a well-written, organized encounter with the life of an ordinary fireman and his legacy.
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Summary: This book stunk!
Review: Well, basically what happens without all the boring details is there is this guy named Montag and he is a fire fighter. The only thing is, the job of the fire fighter is to start the fires rather than putting them out. Well one day when he has to burn this old womens house it really hits him hard because she refuses to get out of her house before they light it on fire. So the firemen end up burning her house, the books that were in it, and the old lady. That made him think that there must have been something in those books worth dying for. Then he met this girl name Clarisse who made him start thinking even more. So he sort of came to the conclusion that he really did not enjoy doing what he did for a living.
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Summary: Ultra-overrated
Review: I picked up this book with such high expectations-Ray Bradbury is relavtively famous, the book is fantastically reknowned, and it is about censorship, an issue that I really care about. Well. My expectations were smothered, stabbed repeatedly, and left on the floor to die. This is not a good book. Bradbury's writing is incredibly confusing, and some pivotal parts of the story are so removed from the main plot that you can't understand them. Bradbury has a penchant for killing off characters. For example, one character, that changes the life of the main character, is dead 20 pages into the book. If she was burned 'cause she had books, fine, but she got run over by a car. How stupid is that? Pass this one up, and for a real futuristic utopia, try 1984. Just not this.
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Summary: Good... But Not An Easy Read
Review: The basic premise behind Ray Bradbury's novel 'Fahrenheit 451' is compelling. In the future, fireman don't put out fires, they start them. It is their job to seek out books and put them to the flame, making sure that no one indulges in the 'crime' of reading one. But what makes this nightmare so interesting, and relevant, is that it was not forced upon the people by their government, but was decided upon by the people themselves. Minority groups, religions, and ethnicities, who were offended by the words of writers, simply made reading unpopular and convinced the world that books were, first, a waste of time, and then the root of all evil. A wonderful 'Negative Utopia' novel in the tradition of '1984' and 'Brave New World' Bradbury's novel differs in his writing style. His prose is difficult to follow and at times leaves the reader unimpressed. If you can you're not easily turned off by Bradbury's odd and difficult way of writing perhaps you'll enjoy the deeper message of this work.
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