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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
dark
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A great follow up to "Blindness". Less engaging than its predecessor, but worth the read.
Seeing is a really well written story which starts as a fully political story, at the begining things just seem curious though the events on the book twist the complete story to a dark place. The book is not afraid to show the evil that can be found into governors of a country and in a extremely catching way connects with the previous book. A really must read!
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
reflective
slow-paced
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Much similar to Blindness but it just didn't have the same edge. It was good but I think its sort of a poor attempt at a sequel type thing. It's along the lines of Saramago's continuing themes of anti government and panic theory. -shrugs- Definetly a good book, but it didn't totally wow me.
I am deeply dissatisfied and disappointed by Saramago. This work started out the strongest out of the three books I’ve read by him but it is utterly squandered by the midpoint and I have no interest in reading any of his work after this.
Saramago has an interesting premise and a lot of room to explore that premise — as he does for the first half of the book — but he then turns it into a sequel for his other book while totally ignoring all his earlier setup.
I loved the political intrigue, satire, and messaging but these last few pages of investigation are doing nothing for me and Saramgo’s writing is a dense kind which is quite unpalatable on its own.
On the whole, I am simply disappointed — a lot of potential, none of it met.
Saramago has an interesting premise and a lot of room to explore that premise — as he does for the first half of the book — but he then turns it into a sequel for his other book while totally ignoring all his earlier setup.
I loved the political intrigue, satire, and messaging but these last few pages of investigation are doing nothing for me and Saramgo’s writing is a dense kind which is quite unpalatable on its own.
On the whole, I am simply disappointed — a lot of potential, none of it met.
My first, of what I hope to be numerous, library book of 2014! I trekked through the sub-freezing weather last week after finishing Blindness to grab this from the library. And although not as stark or disturbing as the first book, Seeing left me in just as much confusion and distress. Saramago is clearly a master at speculative fiction and created a second work in what I could only hope would have been a trilogy, but unfortunately Saramago died in 2010.
This novel takes place four years after the events in Blindness and this is fascinating because the first mention of the “white plague” by the omniscient narrator is on page 77 and the first mention by a character isn’t until page 157 (almost exactly half way through the novel). I actually had to stop around page 30 to read the premise of this novel again to make sure I hadn’t imagined this was a sequel.
Continue reading on my book blog at geoffwhaley.com.
This novel takes place four years after the events in Blindness and this is fascinating because the first mention of the “white plague” by the omniscient narrator is on page 77 and the first mention by a character isn’t until page 157 (almost exactly half way through the novel). I actually had to stop around page 30 to read the premise of this novel again to make sure I hadn’t imagined this was a sequel.
Continue reading on my book blog at geoffwhaley.com.