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Fahrenheit 451
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Start date
September 1, 2012
Finish date
September 30, 2012
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Kara

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Amanda
Mar 14, 2024 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
As you can see from how long it took me to read this, that I wasn’t “on fire” for this book. Banning books vs Welcoming New Technology….Fireman starting fires to burn the books, a mechanical hound chasing down book reading/keeping criminals….i genuinely liked the first half but not the last half nor the ending.

I know this is a classic with a cult following but I just didn’t like it or get it…happy for those people that get it and want to discuss it while debating the censorship from the governme
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Caro
Mar 01, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Is a great dystopian story that make us thing in the cult to the consumerism that we are living is a great critic to all these summary books that we see around is a not so long novel that is easy to read and really enjoyable. Is easy to understand why it became a major hit and with 1984 it pictures a dystopian world that now is very scary because many of the scenarios of the terrible future seems to be here already ...more
Nadja
Apr 10, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: wbn
Amanda
Oct 06, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Jules
Jan 14, 2012 rated it really liked it
Sabrina
Jul 12, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Meera
Jul 31, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: classic
Kathy
Sep 30, 2018 rated it really liked it
Jenndian
Jul 15, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shannon Long
Mar 15, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Noelle
Apr 29, 2014 marked it as to-read
Jessica
May 17, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Angela Holt
Dec 06, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-2016
Theresahpir
Oct 21, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Debbie B
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