I'm going to start this review with an awesome fact. My daughter has already read this book. We were talking about what we were reading, and I was describing my book. She said that it sounded familiar, and she knew it was Fahrenheit 451. She'd read it in high school and thought it was a good book. I thought that was neat. She was just surprised I hadn't read it before.
Guy is a fireman. In this history, firemen don't put out fires. They're sent out to track down books and destroy them. One day, Guy is sent to burn a home, and the woman who lives there refuses to leave. He's also been spending time with a young lady named Clarisse, and these events change everything he thought he knew. Guy has already hidden away some books of his own, but now he's going to explore what it means to have them. His wife isn't ready to challenge any rules, and Guy's life changes drastically.
I'm not going to explore all the subtext and meaning behind the story. It was written after the time when the Nazis had burned books and during a time when people were afraid of the Soviets. During the Great Purge, Stalin was credited with burning the authors instead of the books. Not a great time for sure.
This is one of those stories that stick with you. You'd like to think things like this can't happen, but it certainly can. I liked this story a lot and recommend it. Good Book!
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