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Ensaio sobre a cegueira by José Saramago

47 reviews

makenna_1842's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Seramago spends a great deal of time in this book trying to make a point,  the point he is trying to convey to his readers is not very clear and only in the last sixth of the book does a message or meaning become clear. It is very frustrating to read but can make the reader relate to the main problem the characters face; blindness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Infidelity

salamanda's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Vomit

8odell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Murder, and Sexual harassment

platangel's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexism

morgan_07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I read this book as a part of a book club and I think if it weren't for that factor, I probably would've put the book down. I can appreciate the concept and development of the book, but it was pretty slow and the punctuation style was difficult at times. This book was also extremely heavy and could definitely be considered triggering - going into it, I knew it would be like this at times, but not to the extent that it was. I would recommend the novel though to mature fans of Lord of the Flies, as I do see a lot of similarity in between the two books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Blood, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Excrement and Alcohol

niaaaaa's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder

paulinevdw's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

Psychological experiment, well built world, what if: pandemic with loss of vision

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, and Police brutality

hopefull and beautiful book even though the horrors are enormous