Title: a total misfire
Product review: I'm not sure what this book's reputation is; I just found it leafing through the Young Adults section of my local bookstore and figured it was an attempt to revisit what Bradbury had accomplished in "Fahrenheit 451."Well, I found the thing very put-downable: it's a post-Apocalyptic story of a young punk who is taught to appreciate reading by an older mentor. The problem is this book is chock-full of futuristic words invented for this book, in the manner of "A Clockwork Orange." Without Burgess's control, this technique will definitely put a screen between you and the events of the book until you simply don't care about them anymore.Least that's the way it was for me.
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