Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Book Paper Catches Fire, and Burns

Pros: Excellent Story - with a moral

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: One of Bradbury's best. A must read for every book lover.

Review: *****Edited July 10, 2001*****

I have read and re-read this book numerous times. It is one of Mr. Bradbury's best novels ever. You can sympathize with the main character throughout. It tells a fantastic story about what can happen with...

Pros: Everything

Cons: Such things are actually going on as you read this!

Review: Instead of choosing one from the frighteningly long list of books frequently banned in America, I have chosen a novel which surprisingly does not appear on the list. Fahrenheit 451 is perhaps the definitive word on censorship, as well as the most...

Pros: A profound look at a world without books, Intense and powerful, Almost poetic writing style, Will make you think

Cons: Somewhat difficult to read, but the novel is a fairly brief one

Review: Fahrenheit 451 is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. It is very deep and will make you think long after you have finished it. A mix between sci fi and fantasy, Bradbury takes you into the next millenium, where books are no longer...

Pros: Relevance. Prose.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: is on fiyah! HE'S ON FIYAH!

Review: Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is a cerebral novella that terrifies with its recollection of history and clairvoyance. The events depicted aren't farfetched in any way; reading Nien Cheng's Life and Death in Shanghai can prove their...

Pros: protagonist development, cohesion, steady action, quick read

Cons: some overwriting, ending is somewhat bland

The Bottom Line: A tightly-written, highly symbolic work of sci-fi about the dangers of thoughtlessness; worth the time it takes to read.

Review: Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes.

So goes the fireman's code in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (1953). 451 is the temperature in which books burst into flame, hence the...

Pros: Strong plot, important social statement

Cons: Some areas of the plot are underdeveloped

Review: The splash tag on this book is just as honest and prevalent today (if not more so) as it was at the time of the printing for the edition that I have (1976-the book is copyrighted for 1950): "One of the most important books of our time." Unlike most...

Pros: plot and story line, way ahead of its time

Cons: flat characters and dialogue, the ending

The Bottom Line: Nothing special in my mind. Perhaps somewhat "revolutionary" for it's time, but a poor reflection on Bradbury in general. Try one of his later books first.

Review: After hearing so much about Ray Bradbury and this work in particular, I decided to pick up a copy and read it for myself. You see, this is one of those books that everyone reads in high school (or at least everyone did in my school) for some or...

Pros: Prescient SF from 1953

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Horrifyingly prescient and still striking out against those that would deny us the right to be different.

Review: "Fahrenheit 451" is a science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury.

Guy Montag is 30 and is having a mid-life crisis. Like all modern men having a mid-life crisis he gets involved with a younger woman. In a normal novel this would normally lead...

Pros: Great theme, great story,

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: This is a great book by Bradbury, he gives his opinion on censorship. This book is good for anyone of any age.

Review: I am personally a big fan of all of Ray Bradbury's stories. All of his stories find some ways to ridicule our society or to show his opinion on how technology has or will ruin us. This book in certain ridicules how bad censorship will be in the...

Pros: Insightful warnings about restricting others' free speech

Cons: None at all

Review: As a semi-professional skeptic (which is a nice way of saying that I can't seem to find anyone who wants to pay me lavishly for writing about skepticism), I often get frustrated in dealing with others who disagree with my views. There are many...