Book review: Fahrenheit 451

hola mis amores;

Hope you've had a good week! I can't believe that 2022 is almost coming to an end and here I still haven't processed 2019.

So like I had mentioned earlier, I took up the Goodreads challenge to read 50 books this year and I have to read more 3 book to get there. Today, in one sitting I finished the book, 'Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.'

To sum up how I felt about the book: it was the best book I've read in a while.

The book starts off with the following quote:

"FAHRENHEIT 451: the temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns"

As a book lover, this quote was painful for me to read. To imagine someone burning books is so hard.

The book falls under the genre of dystopia and it is quite suited to be there. Dystopia as a genre deals with issues or stories that arise after the apocalypse.

Fahrenheit 451 is a book that is widely banned because it speaks of things that can rock the very bottom foundation of the peaceful government we have today. It can shake and topple the very peaceful life we know today. This is one of the reasons why the book had a hard time getting published because it speaks of things that are relevant to the past, present and the future.

A quick summary of the book: The book talks about a man named Guy Montag who is fireman. The catch here is he doesn't douse fires but lights them. He lights fires to printed books.

For 30 years of his life, Guy had never questioned his job but then he finally he realizes that the past was much better where people lived without fear. Soon, he starts hiding books at his home and this is what dooms his life.

This book made me question everything I knew. It also made me glad that my parents pushed me to read and indulged in this hobby of mine. I cannot imagine a world without books. And to imagine them burning is very horrid.

There's also a character in the book who chooses to die with her books and I can honestly relate to that lady.

The chief of the fireman's station, Beatly tells Montag the reason why books are being burned and why they're not needed anymore. His monologue is actually quite relevant to today as he says that with screens and fast paced technology, people themselves stopped reading books and the government actually didn't do anything.

It's like a peak into the future and I genuinely wish that day doesn't come where we have to live in a world without books.

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Hope you have a good week ahead :)

until next time,

~moonrelation