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I've never read this. I'm so ashamed!
I wanted to love it. I thought I might love it. Instead I just liked it. Censorship is dangerous, but I think I've read it done better (heresy, I know). The things that rang true were the descriptions of books - any bibliophile can relate. ...more
I wanted to love it. I thought I might love it. Instead I just liked it. Censorship is dangerous, but I think I've read it done better (heresy, I know). The things that rang true were the descriptions of books - any bibliophile can relate. ...more
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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Jul 26, 2009
Melissa
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it was amazing
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Mar 17, 2010
Mara
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
science-fiction,
censorship-banned-books
Apr 14, 2011
Simon Dugard
rated it
liked it
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book-riots-well-read
May 05, 2013
Valerie
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really liked it
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read-in-2013,
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