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Summary: Too simplistic.
Review: there were parts of this book I enjoyed, but overall it is not a classic piece of literature. He's way too heavy-handed in his treatment of the material. The writing is just average. A good example is when he returns to the firehouse the night his wife turns him in. they get a call and it turns out to be his own house. It was obvious from the beginning that they would be ending up at his house (I thought), but to describe it Bradbury writes: "Why," said Montag slowly,"we've stopped in front of *my* house". I can think of a hundred other ways to convey that information that would have been more subtle, more elegant, more surprising. Be he hit's us over the head. It's like bad TV. Cut to comercial...
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Summary: A very intriguing book
Review: This is my favorite book. The writing style is very well-done. And the storyline makes the reader think, think about how this could come true.
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Summary: An enjoyable read
Review: I found this book rather insightful and enjoyable. Finished it in a mere one sitting. Bradbury's use of language is emphatic and fluent and he brings his message across in a unique way. The images he conjures are vivid and simple, yet masterful and when you read below the surface, a lot of things are made known to you. It's a good book well-worth the time spent reading it.
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Summary: A Very Good Book
Review: I read this book for a report for school, and it was very interesting. It made me think of what life would be like without books, cause that's basically what Ray Bradbury is trying to portray. Sure, some people say it is far fetched, but you never know what things are going to be like in the future. I would have given this book a 5 Star Rating, however, the thing I didn't like about it was that it was very confusing. It kept switching from one thing to another. But if you want to read a book that is out of the ordinary, then I suggest you try this one.
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Summary: I'm not typing a summary; I want you to read my review.
Review: "It was a pleasure to burn..." I loved this book ever since I read the captivating 1st line. F451 holds such a powerful message about censorship and the nature of the human race that I can't see how any one could refute it. This is the kind of book that you either love or hate, depending on whether or not you understand it. Many people I know did not see the point to the book at all. Whether or not this book appeals to a person has nothing to do with intelligence, but on the kind of person who is reading it.
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Summary: A Prescient Warning
Review: Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is perhaps among the greatest books on censorship ever written. At times, it may seem heavyhanded in its approach, and the action, as some reviewers have pointed out may seem a little farfetched. Indeed, who can imagine firemen dousing homes in kerosene and setting them ablaze? But this is not where the value of the book lies. Its value lies in the warning about the type of society we may become, and perhaps already have. A society where serious thought, questioning, and insight are little valued for fear of causing societal unhappiness and where people coast along in life fed by a constant stream of meaningless and useless information via television, unchallenged in their concepts of life by thoughts that may trouble them.We have now in our society a movement - political correctness - that is dominant on college campuses, a movement that seeks as its ultimate goal the suppression of any thought or idea that may in the least be offensive to another individual or group. In Fahrenheit 451 Fire Captain Beatty explains how Bradbury's society of the future came to burn books. Minorities of every stripe complained about how they were portrayed in this book or that book, tearing out page by page those sections that were offensive until the day when the "libraries were shut and minds closed forever." There are further fewer active readers in American society today than 50 years ago. The great majority of Americans now have their worldview filtered to them through television, and children are raised on the offerings of mass entertainment from Disney and MTV. It is entertaining sometimes, but it is not the stuff of life. Fahrenheit 451 is indeed a prescient and frightening warning.
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Summary: This was a wonderful book
Review: Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" was a wonderful book. He did a great job of describing things, I could almost see them. I recommend this book to anyone who likes science-fiction books, or even if they don't!
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Summary: The book is very boring and in some parts,doesn't make sense
Review: This book just plain doesn't make sense and it doesn't apply to younger people. Even though many schools have made this book a standard for 9th and 10th graders to read, many of us just don't understand and get lost. We understand about censorship and all that other stuff, but why are you telling us? We are the ones that want to make everything more open. You make us read this book, like we are the ones trying to close everything up and prevent us from reading anything. I think the congress men and all adults should read this. Not kids. I personally think that teachers and educators could have picked a better book for us students to read. But that is my opinion, and suprisely many fellow students agree with me.
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Summary: Ray Bradbury's best book ever
Review: Farenheit 451 is the best book I have ever read. Guy Montag is a great character. I also like that all of this is in the future . Also I like that the firemen start fires because I like fire. Clarisse is also a great character because she's one of the last people that like nature.
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Summary: Optimistic as humans can be, but well thought.
Review: The book was one of the best that I have ever read yet, it is the same mumbo jumbo that humans will always find th right way. That our race will always survive, conqor evils, and destroy evil doers.
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