My daughter is getting to the reading level where classics start to enter the reading list, which has prompted me to pick up some of the classics I never did read while I was in school. Youd have thought that Fahrenheit 451 would have been on my read long ago list, but surprisingly I never did get around to picking it up.
The book itself left me wondering why its considered a classic, frankly. Its a story designed to demonstrate that TV rots your brain, and that books as a repository of human knowledge are crucial to civilization. And... well, maybe that was an important message when the book was written, but in todays world, it just doesnt have much that grabs me. Our world is far from losing books---more people read today than in nearly all of history. And while TV certainly does seem to rot your brain, there are plenty of other media (books, too!) that can do the same thing. Its a classic case of mistaking media format for media content.
The book itself is relatively short (180 pages is nothing compared to todays novels), and moves at a brisk pace.
3 of 5 stars.
The book itself left me wondering why its considered a classic, frankly. Its a story designed to demonstrate that TV rots your brain, and that books as a repository of human knowledge are crucial to civilization. And... well, maybe that was an important message when the book was written, but in todays world, it just doesnt have much that grabs me. Our world is far from losing books---more people read today than in nearly all of history. And while TV certainly does seem to rot your brain, there are plenty of other media (books, too!) that can do the same thing. Its a classic case of mistaking media format for media content.
The book itself is relatively short (180 pages is nothing compared to todays novels), and moves at a brisk pace.
3 of 5 stars.
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