Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

De stad der blinden by José Saramago

49 reviews

jjb21's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

A great concept. Dystopian / apocalpytic - like The Road, The Passage, Children of Men. I found it slow to read and hard to get into (with not much depth to the characters), but when I sat down and just cracked on it flew by. If it’s not been made into film or TV yet, it needs to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lowercaselettersandnumbers's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lupsakka_luntteri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Murder

rgm093's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

comino's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Eerie, revolting at times. So, so good. The story takes you hostage and you cannot stop reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

amandadelbrocco's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I had a hard time with the rambling writing style of this. Not only are there no quotation marks, but there are also no line breaks so it made it very difficult to tell who was speaking, or if they were speaking out loud at all. The characters were also all unnamed which added to the confusion.

Plot wise, this was terrifying. It was also gross. I never really thought before about how the world would change so drastically if everyone in it went blind and I don't really want to continue thinking about it. Coupled with the fact that it emphasized just how blind many are to what is happening in society, it is definitely a book that will (unfortunately) haunt me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

soffeg6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

abijmieds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Do yourself a favor and check the content warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mariana_ct08's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Vomit

katenovah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury