Reviews

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

emilayday's review against another edition

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

4.5

I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did! 

sarahwarah's review against another edition

4.75

Loved it. Very thought provoking. 

keoc333's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.25

I really enjoyed the foreword of the book where Bradbury goes into the inspiration for the story and his passion for writing it, but the actual book itself? Eh. I appreciate the message but the characters were underdeveloped and I found the actual writing to be very annoying.

dobbyz's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

4.5

lucygoosey522's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

Just a little too wordy for me (personally) at times, but still really beautiful writing.

Enjoyed the use of punctuation to pull me into the emotions of the story. 

floer009's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

A second read for me. Very timely and important. A worthy classic to be sure.

aloure's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective 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

3.75

ndbell80's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought this was a fine book. I somehow got through school without reading it, and I felt it was time. I can understand how it was groundbreaking for the time it was written in and see why it inspired so many other works. I think that the idea behind the book is a lot more interesting than the book itself. I felt like there wasn't much effort put into making the characters feel real or multi-dimensional and I feel like a lot of science fiction has built better things from this foundation. 

kusk17's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

larsianu's review against another edition

5.0

A short but intense read. One to mull over for a while.