A review by kirstiecat
Seeing by José Saramago

5.0

This book is brilliant...although it is technically the sequel to Blindness, it doesn't revisit those characters until near the end so it is possible to read this without reading the other, though I would recommend reading Blindness first. This book is not about disease so much as about governments and control. As in Blindness, Saramago leaves it open as to which country this takes place in. I think this makes it even more terrifying, to be honest. The premise of this book is based on the initial voting incident in which the majority of the population casts blank votes. That means that they actually showed up to cast a blank ballot...the government has no idea what to do or how to interpret it. Though it seems like a brilliant way to protest, I'd gather that Saramago disagrees when he writes about the outcome. Brings to mind a certain Super Furry Animals song....