I am loving this book so far. Even though it is still the exposition, I am already hooked. Guy is a believable main character who you can actually picture walking down the street at night on his way home from work. Clarisse is pretty crazy, though in that teenager-y way and not actually insane like everyone else seems to think.
Even though this book takes place in the future, it really sounds like it is describing our society today without the actual book burning. Clarisse points out to Guy that no one has time for anyone else. This is true in today's society, though maybe not as much as it is in theirs. Almost everyone nowadays prefers to communcate through text or facebook or something like that instead of either calling the person or communicating face to face. We are so wrapped up in our own lives that we fail to notice anyone else.
Not only do I love the content of this book, I love Ray Bradbury's writing style as well. He has such a great way of writing his words so there is no confusion about what he is trying to convey to the reader. His phrases are also very poetic. In the beginning of the book he could have said, "The men smoking thier cigarettes wtih cold eyes took up their load of machinery and bag of used blood and left." Instead he said," And the men with the cigarettes in their straight-lined mouths, the men with the eyes of puff adders, took up their load of machinery and tube, their case of liquid melancholy and the slow dark sludge of nameless stuff, and strolled out the door." Liquid Melancholy, folks. You do not find many instances where an author can make the blood of a failed suicide attempt sound beautiful. To me, it seems like Ray Bradbury can make anything sound amazing. I am really looking forward to finishing this book.
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