Now for everyone that is left, I really enjoyed it. It is a very mysterious read, it starts off in a confused manner that throws the reader straight into the story and then continues to give hints about future events without elaborating further. For some this can be a very frustrating read however I love novels that do this. On reflection I do find the beginning quite ironic. After waking up blind to a silent world, Bill Masen is incredibly hesitant to taking off his blindfolds. Despite being told that that was the day they would come off he only removes them when the darkness begins to scare him, and he still removes them slowly. It is ironic because while he is hesitant about restoring his sight the majority of people at that time would love to rip their own blindness away.
This book is overall, quite a tragic read, mainly because it provides what I believe to be an accurate picture of our society, should it become blind overnight. The taking of lives due to an inability to cope, kidnapping sighted people just to get around and starving to death when help doesn't come all seem like potential realities to me. And we don't have Triffids. Strangely enough the triffids didn't worry me until toward the end when they started overwhelming people with sheer numbers.
The only disappointing part about this book was in fact the end. After building up mystery after mystery you would expect John Wyndham to have created an ending that provides a complete resolution to the story. However he didn't. It almost seems like this book is missing a sequel, that this story was the attempt to restart life and it's missing the rebuilding of life afterward. None the less I think that it was a fantastic read and as always I would definitely recommend this. Let me know your thoughts, did you enjoy it as much as I did? Until next time,
Catherine.
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