AquaBlue
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Give us your review of the last book (fiction or non-fiction book) you read.
My review of Jose Saramago's Blindness:
This novel reminds me, sad to say, of King’s forgettable book, Cell. Saramago’s Blindness is of course a better read being that it is a more complex end-of-the-world/humanity type of tale. One thing I didn’t favor was how the dialog was structured- a string of words one after the other without separation from the paragraphs. It drove me nuts that style of dialog organization. I would not mind that structure if it was, to say the lease, in the way Hemingway organizes his dialog passages. At least the dialog is separate from the main paragraphs.
Also, like McCarthy’s The Road, there were no character names…odd. The one positive is that the story did excite my curiosity as to what would happen next. So it was, definitely, a page-turner; and a easy, quick read. Not as dark as The Road, or The Stand, but fair enough…it slightly achieves a passing grade from me (I must say). All in all I feel that Blindness is worth your time to read. Just don’t buy it because, in my view, reading it once is more than enough. Get a library copy instead, trust me.
I only hope that my next Saramago book (likely The Double) tops Blindness, as far as quality writing and plot. If Blindness is the best that Saramago can offer, then count me out when it comes to his books. I give this book 4 stars.
BTW, the movie version of this novel is coming soon (in the US) to theatres. FYI. :-D
My review of Jose Saramago's Blindness:
This novel reminds me, sad to say, of King’s forgettable book, Cell. Saramago’s Blindness is of course a better read being that it is a more complex end-of-the-world/humanity type of tale. One thing I didn’t favor was how the dialog was structured- a string of words one after the other without separation from the paragraphs. It drove me nuts that style of dialog organization. I would not mind that structure if it was, to say the lease, in the way Hemingway organizes his dialog passages. At least the dialog is separate from the main paragraphs.
Also, like McCarthy’s The Road, there were no character names…odd. The one positive is that the story did excite my curiosity as to what would happen next. So it was, definitely, a page-turner; and a easy, quick read. Not as dark as The Road, or The Stand, but fair enough…it slightly achieves a passing grade from me (I must say). All in all I feel that Blindness is worth your time to read. Just don’t buy it because, in my view, reading it once is more than enough. Get a library copy instead, trust me.
I only hope that my next Saramago book (likely The Double) tops Blindness, as far as quality writing and plot. If Blindness is the best that Saramago can offer, then count me out when it comes to his books. I give this book 4 stars.
BTW, the movie version of this novel is coming soon (in the US) to theatres. FYI. :-D
