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There were many parts of this book that I found problematic (the absurdly flat, semi-misogynistically-written female characters; the incoherent critique of television) but could have chalked up to interesting ambiguities until I read the Afterword and Coda by the author, who turns out to have written this polemic/parable as an ill-considered response to criticism (you know, censorship by women's-libbers and homosexuals) and new media.
Otherwise, Bradbury is clearly a virtuosic writer in a showoffy way, but the story pacing and structure is pretty strained. Although Captain Beatty is a pretty terrifically villainous bad guy.
This is another book that's billed as a thriller but isn't really a thriller. It's a fine family drama and explores some really important and interesting issues, but not what I was expecting. To the extent that trigger warnings are useful, it should maybe come with a trigger warning for child abuse.
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