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aritammarques's review
- 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
princessxnicole's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Gore, Death, Sexual harassment, Blood, Rape, Physical abuse, and Confinement
Moderate: Vomit, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Excrement
madalenainwonderland's review
- 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
annihilatrix'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? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Excrement, Violence, Vomit, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Rape, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Cannibalism, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Police brutality, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, and Ableism
joshsimp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Ableism, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Murder
Minor: Abandonment
michaelb_bell'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Excrement, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Torture
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
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
kirbell'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual assault
shelvedbysara's review
- 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