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Blindness

José Saramago

DID NOT FINISH: 83%

Reeeeeally strong sexist vibes, especially in the second half. Just unnecessary descriptions of rape, and beyond that Unnecessary emphasis and detailed description of rainwater falling between beasts and into genitalia; and a whole bunch of small comments that were hard to identify as being either sexist or something close to sexist. 

Also SO much detailed discussion of poop. Every chapter mentions how much poop is everywhere, numerous times. I'm not even joking. I was trying to stick it out to the end, but I just can't. 

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adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
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dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Kind of boring, and underwhelming. The ending just kind of tapered off, with no real ending or resolution. Just generally a dissatisfying read. It was interesting, but I expected there to be some climax or event that came near the end, but that never really happened. 

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes