Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira by José Saramago

73 reviews

danielnski's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

The way it is written is very disorienting, which is very apt for the topic and makes it feel a lot like the early days of the COVID lockdowns. But that does make it quite the challenge to get through. Overall, I loved how the style fit the substance of the book, but this is more of a book I am glad I can say I have read rather than one I will revisit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

random19379's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia

snailysnail's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Infidelity, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Gore, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Car accident

nereyda's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

maceye23's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, and Vomit

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

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

jayvdw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.25

What happens when the world turns blind in a matter of weeks? That is the question the book tries to answer. It is an interesting delve into human nature when exposed to a sudden and drastic change in one's senses and conditions. 

The book is very interesting and a lot of different events take place. It takes a little while before the main character, the doctor's wife, is presented. The only person left who can see but presents to be blind. Through her eyes we see the conditions put on the blind, the first hastily put up quarantine, fuelled by fear, the conditions that followed, and the world just shortly after everyone has turned blind in a matter of weeks.

The book however is written difficultly, what is said is only separated by a comma before and after the text, and it is not written down who said what. The task of figuring this out is left to the reader. This style fits very well with the book's themes and puts the reader into the mind of the blind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment

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