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Somehow I never read this in school or on my own until now. (i had terrible English teachers pre-college.) I can see why kids are assigned this book and how it could be so mind blowing to a teenager. The concepts it explores are important and terrifyingly too close to home, even 60+ years later. It's now clear to me how much influence this had on dystopian lit in general. All that said, I didn't really connect with the characters, I found some of it to be over dramatic and the writing style was
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One star off for cigarettes, martinis, and misogyny.
Aug 14, 2011
Nic
marked it as to-read
Dec 19, 2016
Autumn Skye
marked it as to-read
Apr 04, 2017
Janaki
marked it as to-read
