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A review by whimsicallyreading
Blindness by José Saramago
5.0
In one boring afternoon, a man suddenly goes blind. But it's not a pitch-black blindness– a blinding milk-white light is all he sees. This turns out to be an epidemic that spares no one in the city, but a doctor's wife. .
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(rate: THIS BOOK IS THAT GOOD I FELT THE URGE TO WRITE AND POST THIS RAMBLING/10) #Blindness is probably the most realistic and eye-opening (no pun intended) post-apocalyptic book I've ever read, as #JoséSaramago pulls no punches in describing the usually overlooked small aspects of this genre: the hygiene, food, and shelter problems. He even mentioned about the menstruation women have to deal with, the sexual desire men have to fulfil, etc. Every scene is written in a very chaotic and disturbing but also genuine and reasonable way. This book will give you unfamiliar thoughts of everything around you, as you'll find yourself noticing and memorizing the colours of lights and buildings, the facial features of strangers, the texture details of everything you touch, and you'll end up fearing of what if those turn all white. It honestly gave me nightmares after. It's horrifying to see people slowly losing their humanity and turning into animals... but at least even animals aren't sightless.
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(rate: THIS BOOK IS THAT GOOD I FELT THE URGE TO WRITE AND POST THIS RAMBLING/10) #Blindness is probably the most realistic and eye-opening (no pun intended) post-apocalyptic book I've ever read, as #JoséSaramago pulls no punches in describing the usually overlooked small aspects of this genre: the hygiene, food, and shelter problems. He even mentioned about the menstruation women have to deal with, the sexual desire men have to fulfil, etc. Every scene is written in a very chaotic and disturbing but also genuine and reasonable way. This book will give you unfamiliar thoughts of everything around you, as you'll find yourself noticing and memorizing the colours of lights and buildings, the facial features of strangers, the texture details of everything you touch, and you'll end up fearing of what if those turn all white. It honestly gave me nightmares after. It's horrifying to see people slowly losing their humanity and turning into animals... but at least even animals aren't sightless.