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I'm having a really hard time trying to decide how to rate this one. The style of writing drives me nuts. I'd read a paragraph and realize I had no idea who was talking, what had just happened, or what it meant. I've had the same problem with the staccato style of other books from the same era. At the same time, there's no denying the story is compelling, as much now as when it was originally written. So many of the things that would have seemed fantastical in 1950 - the parlor with walls made o
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I listened to this as an audiobook with Tim Robbins as the narrator. Win!
I somehow missed this classic and found it to be brilliant. The writing is tight and compelling. I love dystopian lit and this one sets the standard for the genre. It's a bit scary as there are parallels to this society and ours today. Guy Montag's job as a fireman involves setting fires rather than putting them out. Unfortunately, he is burning books which are banned by the government. Control knowledge and you control peo ...more
I somehow missed this classic and found it to be brilliant. The writing is tight and compelling. I love dystopian lit and this one sets the standard for the genre. It's a bit scary as there are parallels to this society and ours today. Guy Montag's job as a fireman involves setting fires rather than putting them out. Unfortunately, he is burning books which are banned by the government. Control knowledge and you control peo ...more
2 stars = "it was ok" which is about how I felt about it.
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