Catherine De Groot-Hedlin answers “Did anyone else think this book was...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Fahrenheit 451:

Did anyone else think this book was INCREDIBLY weird? It's not bad, but it's too strange to be a book I like.

Catherine De Groot-Hedlin I thought the writing was incredibly weak - all the characters aside from the protagonist were flat, only serving to further the narrative. They were …moreI thought the writing was incredibly weak - all the characters aside from the protagonist were flat, only serving to further the narrative. They were written as being rather stupid; with their repetitive questions they allowed the protagonist to explain his point of view over and over. I suspected that Bradbury considered the reader to be a bit dim because his point of view had to be drummed in so hard and that suspicion was confirmed after reading interviews with the author. I can't respect an author that does not respect the intellect of the reader.(less)

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