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amongthefaithless's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Rape, Medical trauma, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
lucimolri's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Ha sido durillo y tenso, no es para todo el mundo
Graphic: Misogyny, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Infidelity, Vomit, Gun violence, Confinement, Chronic illness, Animal death, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Rape
aerolich's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Medical content, Suicide, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Rape
anna220310's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Excrement, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Animal death, Death, Rape, Violence, Grief, Confinement, Gore, Vomit, and Gun violence
Moderate: Medical content
aritammarques's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
As always I love Saramago's characteristic writing style were the dialogue seems to lull you with it's rhythm and where a focused and intuitive reader needs not many explanations to know who's talking or how the action is unfolding.
Maybe it's because I share the writer's nationality but he's novels era always imprinted with such a familiarity that sceneries don't need very much describing for me to be able to picture them in my mind. And the way he uses common sense phrases either in the dialogue or in the descriptions always makes me chuckle.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Rape, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Vomit, Violence, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Cursing, and Confinement
madalenainwonderland's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Vomit, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Excrement
csteidl93's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Sexual content
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
btrz7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Excrement, Infidelity, Police brutality, Ableism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Murder, Rape, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Homophobia
carolab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Vomit, Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
shelvedbysara's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Summary: When a man goes mysteriously blind as he is driving home, an epidemic of white blindness spreads around the country. The first cases are transferred to a closed complex to complete a period of quarantine and they form a group whose journey we follow throughout the entire narrative. They are nameless people living in a nameless city during a nameless era in time. Only their experiences are ever labelled - blindness, abuse, suffering, despair, hope - which grants them a universal meaning. Ensaios Sobre a Cegueira (Blindness) is a literary analysis of what it means to be blinded not just by eyes that cannot see, but also by fear.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infidelity and Vomit