A review by odin45mp
Blindness by José Saramago

1.0

Ugh. The writing style did NOT work for me - no quotation marks to offset dialogue, and conversations back and forth within the same paragraph. It made for difficult reading. The plot is trying to comment on the nature of humanity, and succeeds at that. The central premise of the book, I feel, ignores the problem of those who have been blind their whole lives not stepping up and giving advice - this is half-heartedly handwaved away about a quarter of the way in and never brought up again. The plot feels like a rehash of "Day of the Triffids" but without the physical foe to set our heroes against. The ending comes out of nowhere and did not feel earned, to me. I did not like this book and would not read it again.