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Filipa
Jan 20, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Fahrenheit 451 é uma obra sobre a qual já muito ouvi falar e Ray Bradbury é uma referência da literatura norte-americana, pelo que me foi completamente impossível contornar a leitura desta obra. Sabia que mais cedo ou mais tarde teria que ler este tão conhecido trabalho da literatura e sobre o qual já ouvi maravilhas. Confesso que a ideia me fascina. Apesar de ser uma amante de livros, fascinava-me ler este livro, ler sobre este conceito de queimar livros, de fazer arder conhecimento para este d ...more
Ali
May 04, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2012, classics
A world where books are burned... Quite possibly one of the scariest dystopias I could ever imagine. A place where society has become so advanced and so quick thinking, that they don't have time for books. Books are replaced with television and movies, which are generally superficial and not at all thought provoking. People insipidly watch television all day, and report their neighbors at the slightest suspicion of a book. I'd like to think, hey there's no way this could happen today. But Bradbu ...more
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Karin
Apr 26, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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
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Nikki
Mar 03, 2012 rated it really liked it
Bradbury is a creative wizard and the ideas in this novel are frightening.
Andrea
Aug 25, 2018 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
2 stars = "it was ok" which is about how I felt about it. ...more
Janie Boyd
Aug 05, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Jeannette
Aug 14, 2010 rated it liked it
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Christy Ferrell-kincaid
Jan 12, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Sep 26, 2011 added it
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Kelsey
Mar 13, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Mar 22, 2012 marked it as to-read
Gina
Jul 01, 2012 rated it really liked it
Claudia Burcke
Jul 25, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Tamina Russell
Mar 24, 2013 rated it it was ok
Alexandra Mentele
Apr 23, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Jack
Nov 28, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Jenn
Sep 01, 2014 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: literature, 2014
Wendy
Jul 31, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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May 21, 2017 rated it really liked it
Wendy
Jan 18, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Becky Petross
Nov 19, 2018 rated it liked it
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Jeannette
Jan 29, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Jo
Jun 04, 2019 added it
Amanda
Nov 22, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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