I finished Fahrenheit 451 last night.
Powerful story, nice ideas, some dialog worth quoting to all those people that go on about "real" books - who would have thought that a book written in 1953 would provide such a clear argument for ebooks. For a book written because of the author's love for books, there's nothing about paper itself in there, the joy of smelling it or of touching it or anything. Just that it was a pleasure to burn
Ultimately it was a book about taking life easy, taking time to enjoy things and think about them. Creating rather than destroying, preserving past knowledge without putting it on a pedestal. For all that I would recommend the book to anyone who hasn't read it yet.
However, I hate to admit, I didn't actually enjoy reading it. Something about the writing style made me impatient, and I found myself wishing it would end already. I even thought of giving up after the first few pages - after the first powerful sentence, it felt a bit contrived, a bit forced. Maybe it's just me. I'm glad I read it, but I don't think I will reread it.