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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
reflective
slow-paced
medium-paced
The first half of this book bears no resemblance to Blindness, in fact it’s hardly noticeable the two books link. I found myself struggling to get into it, especially as it can be hard to follow Saramago’s style unless you’re completely captivated.
That said, around half way through the book when the links were made with Blindness, I really started to enjoy it more. However, this really isn’t comparable the first novel.
In a similar fashion, I am left with many unanswered questions, such as who was truly responsible for the blank votes or why 4 years later this would happen. Although, similarly to Blindness, I’m also left with food for thought about the efficacy of civil society, which is definitely one of this books praises.
That said, around half way through the book when the links were made with Blindness, I really started to enjoy it more. However, this really isn’t comparable the first novel.
In a similar fashion, I am left with many unanswered questions, such as who was truly responsible for the blank votes or why 4 years later this would happen. Although, similarly to Blindness, I’m also left with food for thought about the efficacy of civil society, which is definitely one of this books praises.
2.5 stars. Not really a sequel, it just reuses the characters from Blindness in what’s a fairly mundane Kafkaesque damnation of capitalist democracy. Just like Kafka it got quite tedious and a little boring by the end as the joke really stated growing old.
امتداد او جزء اخر من سلسله العمى والغباء السياسي والنظره الديكتاتوريه المغلفه بالديمقراطيه الكاذبه .. تعتبر تلك الروايه هي الجزء الثاني لروايه العمى والتي تعبر بكل وضوح وقهر عن وضعنا ووضع الكثير تحت رحمة الديمقراطيه المزيفه في تحديد مصائر الشعب والتي تعتمد على الاكثر في انها تقنع شعبها انهم بكامل ارادتهم يختارون مصيرهم ولكن كالعاده هو مصير مزيف ومزين بكلمات اعتاد كاتب الخطاب على تلقينها للمسؤول
في ذلك الجزءبدل من اصابه الناس اجمعين بالعمى تصيب الحكومه مرض الاصوات البيضاء وتبدأ بمحاربتها باغلاق المدينه وعزل الناس عنها وتأتي لحظه الثورة يقوم فيها الجميع ضد موقف الحكومه ويعتبر من يتراجع عن ذلك العصيان خائن وخاضع للحكومه المزيفه
بعض لقاء الحكومه الكثير من المشاكل في ذلك العصيان تبدأ بالهروب من العاصمه لتخلي عن المدينه واهلها ولكن يتصدى لهم الاهالي ويقفوا ك غصه في طريق كل مسؤول
باختصار ممتعه وتختصر جميع ما يحدث لنا من وسائل معروفه لصد الحريه وعزل التفكير الحر
اقترحها ك كتاب يستحق القرأه وبكل احترام :)
في ذلك الجزءبدل من اصابه الناس اجمعين بالعمى تصيب الحكومه مرض الاصوات البيضاء وتبدأ بمحاربتها باغلاق المدينه وعزل الناس عنها وتأتي لحظه الثورة يقوم فيها الجميع ضد موقف الحكومه ويعتبر من يتراجع عن ذلك العصيان خائن وخاضع للحكومه المزيفه
بعض لقاء الحكومه الكثير من المشاكل في ذلك العصيان تبدأ بالهروب من العاصمه لتخلي عن المدينه واهلها ولكن يتصدى لهم الاهالي ويقفوا ك غصه في طريق كل مسؤول
باختصار ممتعه وتختصر جميع ما يحدث لنا من وسائل معروفه لصد الحريه وعزل التفكير الحر
اقترحها ك كتاب يستحق القرأه وبكل احترام :)
More like 2.5.
Setting aside the fact that Jose Saramago is apparently allergic to paragraph breaks and quotation marks, since at least his writing is better than Cormac McCarthy's, the ending of this book left me with so many questions!
- Except for the police superintendent's arc, that was unexpected (at least at that particular moment) and brutal.
- And the doctor's wife?! Just like that?! What?!
- And now there are blind people at the end of the book? What does that mean? Is the city going blind again, or are these actual blind men? Part of me thinks they must have already been blind, since they weren't freaking out and were instead remarking on the gunshots, but you never know...
Overall, left feeling pretty dissatisfied, and also as if the author had started off with a really interesting premise and then realized he had no way of resolving it.
Setting aside the fact that Jose Saramago is apparently allergic to paragraph breaks and quotation marks, since at least his writing is better than Cormac McCarthy's, the ending of this book left me with so many questions!
Spoiler
- Like... what happened to the city?? That was the whole reason why I got sucked into the book! I got a sinking feeling as the number of remaining pages dwindled and there didn't seem to be a resolution in sight, and it turns out literally nothing was resolved.- Except for the police superintendent's arc, that was unexpected (at least at that particular moment) and brutal.
- And the doctor's wife?! Just like that?! What?!
- And now there are blind people at the end of the book? What does that mean? Is the city going blind again, or are these actual blind men? Part of me thinks they must have already been blind, since they weren't freaking out and were instead remarking on the gunshots, but you never know...
Overall, left feeling pretty dissatisfied, and also as if the author had started off with a really interesting premise and then realized he had no way of resolving it.
Hard to read and based on other reviews it’s not worth sticking it out.
He has such an interesting writing style, but I didn't think this book was nearly as good as its prequel...and also, I didn't get it.
reflective
tense
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