REVIEW: Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)

Book: Fahrenheit 451

Author: Ray Bradbury

My rating: 3/5

Premise: Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal commodities, the sources of all discord and unhappiness: the printed book. Montag never questions the destruction or his own bland life, until he is shown a past where people didn't live in fear and a present where one sees the world through ideas. Montag starts hiding books in his home. Soon they'll make him run for his life.

The premise and idea of this book intrigued me, and most of the book surpassed my expectations. I loved the depiction of how tedious and superficial life could be in this world. But for me, the ending fell a tad flat. Suddenly I wasn't sure what was going on and the pace of the book dropped. I felt more was needed from the ending, a bit more oomph, to keep with the rest of the book. But otherwise, an interesting read!