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Rated Fahrenheit 451 6/10

I loved the concept behind this story, but sadly the delivered story fell fairly flat for me.<i></i><br/><br/>Firemen: those who burnt books. The story does go into why this profession even exists and it's even more intriguing.<br/><br/>But I really struggled with the book. It's a little over 100 pages and I felt like I was slogging the book after the first 1/4 of the story. I _think_ the writing style also distracted me from the story too. I felt line nearly every sentence was laiden with a turn of phrase or clever simile - but the book is *thick* with this and it became very noticeable to the point of distraction.<br/><br/>The pace really threw me off too, it starts building up characters and before I know it, Montag is murdering his fire chief, battling murderous robot dogs, planting fake evidence against another fireman (and from what I could tell, a character we hadn't met) and then wondering off in the woods to meet the people who keep books in their heads.<br/><br/>It felt like there was a great story of a dystopia where happiness is swallowed up in a pill, potentially like Brave New World, but Fahrenheit 451, for me, falls way short of achieving that.<br/><br/>A shame. I really wanted to enjoy this story more.

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Published 2026-08-01 11:11 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere