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A review by tiash
Seeing Blind by Poppy Dale
5.0
Reread on 28/11/21 STILL 5 SHINY STARS
Prosopagnosia , also called face blindness, is a cognitive disorder of face perception in which the ability to recognize familiar faces, including one's own face (self-recognition), is impaired, while other aspects of visual processing (e.g., object discrimination) and intellectual functioning (e.g., decision-making) remain intact. Survey says 1 out of 50 people suffers from various degree of prosopagnosia. To understand it better check out this YouTube video
Jamie, is 23 years old guy living with his parents and can't recognize face, not even his own.
Author masterfully rendered the suffocation Jamie feels, struggles he faces. It felt like everything is happening in front of my eyes. Dark, gloomy. This character got peeled like an onion showing the beautiful underlying layers and different shade of his character that surely will touch your soul. On contrary, Lev is just another pretty face for people to entertain, rejected by his homophobic family he suffers from inferiority complex. Two met in a dating app and gradually becomes a part of each other's daily life not even knowing who the other person is. Will their path ever be crossed is not the question, the irony is will Jamie recognize him if so happens?
I usually don't do zero steam but When i read the blurb for the first time i knew I've to read it. Simply put Seeing Blind is a story of two people seeking for love and assurance via a dating app, but one has prosopagnosia, other Doesn't know. Will their love only be confined to some pretty talk and texts? Who knows!
This book is an ultimate testimony of hopeful relationship and acceptance. Both the leads had to fight their own demons to reach to the core where contentment only matters. I have always been a fan of comfort/healing troupe and here it gets It's prominent form, as I often say most of the time Misfits are the perfect fit. Not knowing the person other side of the screen It's easy to pretend who you are not, but the offline persona often strikes hard. I'm glad Seeing Blind finds a way to maintain a healthy balance between it. It could turn into something creepy and hollow rather it takes a turn that our. beloved barista's warm greeting and a picture of sunrise sky becomes a part of the reader's reality as well.
Trust me this smile is contagious and you Won't be able to stop grinning the whole time. Gotta admit i was almost disappointed when i realize there Won't be any fish facts and quirky remarks for me once I'm done. It ended too soon.
The transformation of both the characters (Mostly Jamie tbh) is noticeably good. Shy, timid, socially awkward guy to a charming, considerate boyfriend, i was dazzled by the contrast of Jamie's character growth. It evolved genuinely allowing us to resonate with it. It's obvious his inabilities are incurable, so their HEA is not gonna be all red and pinks. I Don't think I can have enough of them.
I like the familial bondings and friendship woven in it. A proper loving family and a dysfunctional one , contrast was too much and both the case were equally impactful. But what really was the one for me is
For a content heavy book the tonality of the book is fairly light and cheerful. I particularly enjoyed the little moments shared by the protagonist while texting. The endearment "FISHBOY" and a silly 11:11 wish will make you laugh, will make you feel silly, loved! I'm surely gonna reread their texts over and over again!
I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that It's a debut novel. Such a mature writing, such a sensitive selection of words. Subject matter required some careful handling and to author's credit it was done precisely. Poppy Dale has already become an auto read author for me. Imma read no matter what she writes.
My rec? Please read it! ✨
TEXT FROM THE AUTHOR! SEEMS LIKE WE ARE GONNA GET MORE OF OUR BOYS
and the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just paint
you suddenly wonder why in the world anyone ever did them
Prosopagnosia , also called face blindness, is a cognitive disorder of face perception in which the ability to recognize familiar faces, including one's own face (self-recognition), is impaired, while other aspects of visual processing (e.g., object discrimination) and intellectual functioning (e.g., decision-making) remain intact. Survey says 1 out of 50 people suffers from various degree of prosopagnosia. To understand it better check out this YouTube video
Jamie, is 23 years old guy living with his parents and can't recognize face, not even his own.
Him not knowing himself is something that rarely comes up. It must make him seem significantly more disabled.
He catches sight of himself in the bathroom mirror midway through the day.
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who.
Author masterfully rendered the suffocation Jamie feels, struggles he faces. It felt like everything is happening in front of my eyes. Dark, gloomy. This character got peeled like an onion showing the beautiful underlying layers and different shade of his character that surely will touch your soul. On contrary, Lev is just another pretty face for people to entertain, rejected by his homophobic family he suffers from inferiority complex. Two met in a dating app and gradually becomes a part of each other's daily life not even knowing who the other person is. Will their path ever be crossed is not the question, the irony is will Jamie recognize him if so happens?
I usually don't do zero steam but When i read the blurb for the first time i knew I've to read it. Simply put Seeing Blind is a story of two people seeking for love and assurance via a dating app, but one has prosopagnosia, other Doesn't know. Will their love only be confined to some pretty talk and texts? Who knows!
This book is an ultimate testimony of hopeful relationship and acceptance. Both the leads had to fight their own demons to reach to the core where contentment only matters. I have always been a fan of comfort/healing troupe and here it gets It's prominent form, as I often say most of the time Misfits are the perfect fit. Not knowing the person other side of the screen It's easy to pretend who you are not, but the offline persona often strikes hard. I'm glad Seeing Blind finds a way to maintain a healthy balance between it. It could turn into something creepy and hollow rather it takes a turn that our. beloved barista's warm greeting and a picture of sunrise sky becomes a part of the reader's reality as well.
“Did the sun come out or did you just smile at me?”
Trust me this smile is contagious and you Won't be able to stop grinning the whole time. Gotta admit i was almost disappointed when i realize there Won't be any fish facts and quirky remarks for me once I'm done. It ended too soon.
The transformation of both the characters (Mostly Jamie tbh) is noticeably good. Shy, timid, socially awkward guy to a charming, considerate boyfriend, i was dazzled by the contrast of Jamie's character growth. It evolved genuinely allowing us to resonate with it. It's obvious his inabilities are incurable, so their HEA is not gonna be all red and pinks.
Spoiler
towards the end there's a scene where Jamie couldn’t recognize Lev and the sorrow was clearly written all over his face. It almost made me cry. but I'm much relaxed knowing he has Lev nowI like the familial bondings and friendship woven in it. A proper loving family and a dysfunctional one , contrast was too much and both the case were equally impactful. But what really was the one for me is
Spoiler
Lev's being himself & not really forgiving his mother. I found it realistic. In most of the case, authors tend to patch up thing in a very unbelievable way. But come on, somethings are really beyond mending, being rejected by close one is certainly one of them. I'm glad Lev was unapologetic. Call me heartless, egoistic bastard, I'd do the same in Lev's place..For a content heavy book the tonality of the book is fairly light and cheerful. I particularly enjoyed the little moments shared by the protagonist while texting. The endearment "FISHBOY" and a silly 11:11 wish will make you laugh, will make you feel silly, loved! I'm surely gonna reread their texts over and over again!
I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that It's a debut novel. Such a mature writing, such a sensitive selection of words. Subject matter required some careful handling and to author's credit it was done precisely. Poppy Dale has already become an auto read author for me. Imma read no matter what she writes.
My rec? Please read it! ✨
TEXT FROM THE AUTHOR! SEEMS LIKE WE ARE GONNA GET MORE OF OUR BOYS