I thought it was pretty boring.
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I thought it was pretty boring.
>>7717840
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
ISBN: 9780765334565
Lowest Price: $1.45
Source: http://www.textbookly.com/Search/?id=1451673310
>>7717849
The price of a book doesn't determine the value of its prose or message, you fucking goon. You can find copies of Ulysses in a thrift store for fifty cents.
Personally, I've read Fahrenheit 451 twice, once in high school and the second time about a year or so ago. The first time around I quite disliked it but I really enjoyed it a lot more on the rebound. Bradbury has quite a bright style of prose which may come off to some more arrogant readers out there as unnecessarily flowery and purple. I find however that his prose reflects the natures and personalities of his characters.
>>7717913
You've put it a good way, I still think there's much better material out there but it certainly doesn't commit any acts of literary tastelessness...except the razing of the city imo
>>7717952
Well, he was a science fiction writer, after all, and what's a dystopia without a little bit of apocalypticism?
>>7718025
Lighting his chief on fire was also ridiculous but I could at least understand the dramatic power of "you want me to burn these books so bad? Here's your fire motherfucker!" but the destruction of the city felt more like a way to explain why he wasn't hunted down by secret police post-narrative.
>>7718937
From what I've read about the ending, the destruction of the city was supposed to be an analogy to the biblical story of Jericho, but I have limited experience with the bible, so don't quote me.
>>7717840
Although widely proclaimed for its radical concept it is my least favorite Bradbury writing.
I much prefer his short stories instead.
>>7717840
it is
It's shitty shit.
