This version of the book has been reviewed in English(100), Spanish(4), French(1), Portuguese(1) by readers.
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What are readers saying about Ensayo Sobre La Lucidez (Seeing)?
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Riley posted a review at 2009-11-04 10:43:35.
(Language: English)
   
A very good, thought provoking book - but not quite what it could have been.
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Jose Ernesto posted a review at 2009-10-30 04:59:59.
(Language: Spanish)
Durante unas elecciones municipales,la mayoría de sus habitantes ejerce su derecha al voto de una manera inesperada.El gobierno teme una anarquia global y los culpables deben ser eliminados y si no los hay se inventan.
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Lefteris posted a review at 2009-09-11 02:52:12.
(Language: English)
Even though Blindness was tighter and much more intense, I enjoyed this more, because of its humor and, above all, its political aspect. Sadly, in the same manner of Blindness but much worse, somewhere after the middle it loses its focus and after a while comes to an abrupt, anti-climactic ending, as if the writer was suddenly bored and finished it off in an hour. Pity, it could easily have been a favorite.
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Chumie posted a review at 2009-09-07 00:01:43.
(Language: English)
Saramago is a trip. This book is full of a big bad surprise. Good read.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-09-03 01:01:27.
(Language: English)
Not quite as absorbing like "Blindness." The story is too self-aware.
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Kathy posted a review at 2009-08-26 12:47:49.
(Language: English)
This is, like Blindness, a thoroughly original book. Unlike Blindness, the ending was not satisfying. Despite that it is well worth a read.
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Sully posted a review at 2009-08-11 14:57:50.
(Language: English)
The Story definitely took a while to pick up, I also agree that it is not nearly as captivating as Blindness, but the overall message that Seeing portrays on the control of government is very interesting.
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Susan posted a review at 2009-07-10 19:26:48.
(Language: English)
An interesting sequal to Blindness, just not as powerful an impact as the prequal.
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Brett posted a review at 2009-07-09 18:03:18.
(Language: English)
A more appropriate title for this piece of literature would have been "Sleeping"; that’s all that I felt like doing while drudging through it. Jose Saramago's sequel to the unbelievably good book "Blindness" is a dark humored look at the governmental hierarchy four years after the White Blindness epidemic. Though don't go into this read thinking that it’s going to pick up right where it left off, with the same characters and what their lives may or may not have become. Oh no, this reads entirely from a third party's perspective about more than a few main characters. After a tight political race that opens the story, all of the votes are counted...then of course re-counted. Eighty percent of the votes turn out blank. Problem? Yes. A voters right to cast a blank vote? Yes. But, for the government...things get out of hand when they decide to re-locate and put upon the city a state of siege. The inter-workings of governmental officials turns ugly and suddenly, someone decides that this occurrence must be being led by someone. Hence, finally past characters from Blindness re-appear and the Doctors Wife (who had not gone blind) is made into a criminal. Without having read Blindness, this story would have been much more appreciated. The only thing that saves this book for me is that its written in the same style as Blindness, a style that only Saramago can pull off. I was expecting more of a sequel in the sense of closure on Blindness’s brilliant characters whom were easily recognizable. This obviously wasn’t what Jose had in mind.
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