Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Dystopian Fiction
9.5/10
In the very far future, firemen no longer put out fires ~ they start them. The owning and reading of books are considered crimes against the state, punishable by burning to death. And Guy Montag, ten years fireman, owns twenty of them, and his increasingly rasher actions result in consequences he could never have imagined.
To be perfectly honest, I have no idea what I thought about this book. The prose was wonderful. The ideas were, quite possibly, world-shaking, but an air of darkness and depression resides over the entire novel. It's just... I don't know. The story is... well-plotted. It's little more than a short story, though, so not much plotting was ultimately needed.
So 9.5 for the quality of writing. I don't know if I like it or not. It would be optimal for twelve and up for the deep and disturbing concepts. There is incredibly minor language, most likely because it was written in the fifties. Swears include d---n and h--l, and no inappropriate content.
There. I did it.
Allons-y!
Amber Shipp
Ray Bradbury
Dystopian Fiction
9.5/10
In the very far future, firemen no longer put out fires ~ they start them. The owning and reading of books are considered crimes against the state, punishable by burning to death. And Guy Montag, ten years fireman, owns twenty of them, and his increasingly rasher actions result in consequences he could never have imagined.
To be perfectly honest, I have no idea what I thought about this book. The prose was wonderful. The ideas were, quite possibly, world-shaking, but an air of darkness and depression resides over the entire novel. It's just... I don't know. The story is... well-plotted. It's little more than a short story, though, so not much plotting was ultimately needed.
So 9.5 for the quality of writing. I don't know if I like it or not. It would be optimal for twelve and up for the deep and disturbing concepts. There is incredibly minor language, most likely because it was written in the fifties. Swears include d---n and h--l, and no inappropriate content.
There. I did it.
Allons-y!
Amber Shipp
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