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Fahrenheit 451
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Nico
Feb 03, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Un piccolo libro, che racchiude degli spunti di riflessione che ti scuotono violentemente.
Leggere, farsi un'opinione, pensare e ripensare ogni cosa sotto vari punti di vista, sono cose preziosissime, sono atti per migliorare noi stessi e la consapevolezza verso la nostra vita e ciò che ci ruota intorno.
Questo modo distopico è così lontano dal nostro? Qualcuno tra i commenti dice di sì, dice che non arriveranno mai a bruciarci i libri, ma secondo voi è questa l'essenza del romanzo? Quando i lib
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Ian Anderson
Fahrenheit 451 follows Guy Montag, a fireman who questions the reason behind his profession and how it came about. This fire ‘man', however, isn’t a fire ‘fighter'. Guy montage doesn’t fight fires for a living, he creates them. The society he lives in forbids people from having any type of intellectual freedom and creativity. People don’t ask questions --if they do, they must prepare to pay the consequences.

Guy Montag is one of those people. Millions of books are burned and destroyed to prevent
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Sam
Mar 29, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 3-star
3.5 stars
Montse
Apr 11, 2025 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Le iba a dar tres estrellas porque si bien la premisa es muy interesante, algo me falto en la historia. Tal vez cerrar el círculo de los suicidios y la tristeza general de la gente y no solo dejarlo en la quema de libros. Peeeeero le doy cuatro por la manera en la que está escrito, no solo las descripciones despiertan emociones sino el modo de escribir de Bradbury; el repetir ciertas frases, el decir lo mismo de manera diferente, y otros recursos que utiliza hicieron que sintiera la lectura, "fr ...more
Kathi Early
Apr 26, 2014 rated it did not like it
Tammie
Oct 28, 2015 rated it liked it
Kasey
Jan 11, 2016 marked it as to-read
vic
Jul 01, 2016 added it
Jacqueline
May 27, 2017 marked it as to-read
Patti
Jul 01, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Mallaree
Feb 05, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Ketevan Todadze
Aug 04, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
Lynne Amos
Apr 07, 2018 marked it as to-read
Maja
Oct 20, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Keity
Apr 13, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Lisa Kern
Jan 01, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Soscha
Mar 17, 2020 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Prem
Sep 03, 2020 marked it as secret-santa  ·  review of another edition
Ricardo Rocha
Sep 12, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: sci-fi, fiction, classic
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