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Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Start date: January 1, 2024

Finish date: January 31, 2024

Discussion: January 2024

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Aug 19, 2024 Tina Haigler rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, 101-books

"It was a pleasure to burn."

I felt a slight disconnect with this. I think I might need to read it again to fully appreciate it. Luckily it's a short one so it only takes a few hours to read through. To be continued...

Similes, hyperboles, and metaphors oh my!

So I tried to read it again, but I just can't focus on the words. The author uses so much symbolism and figurative language that I couldn't make heads or tails of it half the time. My brain zoned completely out every time the characters went ...more

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Apr 21, 2024 Chantal rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: the52bookchallenge2024, 52bookchallenge2024, 125-225, book-cabinet-read

Too many question marks to really understand this story. I always hate when it doesnt become clear what somethings are. Wished I could give it a higher number.

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Dec 01, 2020 Jess Penhallow rated it liked it · review of another edition

This wasn't quite what I expected it to be. I was expecting a political dystopia akin too 1984 but this was actually far more surreal and confusing.

The reader is thrown straight into the main character's life and bits of exposition are drip-fed throughout but I didn't feel like this was happening at a rate where I could properly follow the plot. There were some fantastic intense moments (view spoiler) but I found the plot jumping around betwee ...more

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