I said that 2024 was going to be the year when I started to explore 'classics'..my TBR jar in March was like "Ok bitch let's go!" and then we read Fahrenheit 451. 

I literally had zero idea what this book was about, I just had this 'thing' where I assumed I loved Ray Bradbury because one of my most favorite English teachers in high school had us read "Dandelion Wine" and I loved it so much that I was like: "I'm a Ray Bradbury stan.." ...but am I? 

In this book, you're following a 'fireman' Montag whose job is to not save houses that are burning, but to burn books. The government is very fixated on censorship and wants all books out of the world. That is, until Montag decides that maybe he wants to read the books after all...so he does and then embarks on a journey of wanting to no longer be a fireman, chaos ensues.

First and foremost, holy metaphors. I'm obviously out of practice and didn't pick up on a lot of them. If I was in school reading this and had to dissect it, would have probably understood it a bit better. Secondly, this hits creepily close to home judging by how some places are going to extremes to control what people are reading. 

Overall, I enjoyed it. I don't think I'll be necessarily recommending it to people unless you enjoy classics and enjoy being able to discuss something unique. But otherwise I'm glad I read it and am glad that I'll be continuing to look at some additional classes this year.