The Day of the Triffids

"Edit: when reviewing the first time I couldn’t find this book! Now updating to the right book.<br/><br/>This was like a zombie apocalypse book without zombies. Because of a meteor shower event of some kind, most of humanity is blind. I found it super interesting that hordes of blind people are shown to essentially act a lot like zombies. But this mostly predates zombies! As far as I know.<br/>Also, it's clear that a lot of zombie movies and shows have borrowed from this book. Which is smart. It was interesting.<br/><br/>I should add that my copy was a crappy, cheap UK edition from Indigo books in Canada, and it had sooooooo many typos that some passages were hard to decipher. Seriously bad. Don't buy any books from that 3 for whatever dollars at Indigo."

"3.5/5 A great little book. I really liked the story, although it meanders. Would have been better to cut some of it and focus on the more important events. The Triffids themselves were fantastic creatures, really creatively done. I also liked the main character and the supporting female characters a lot. Proof that sexism is not a fact of older books (but a choice by the author - cf. my recent review for Ringworld). It was also clearly very influential on later SF, so that's another reason to read it.<br/><br/>SPOILERS TO FOLLOW <br/>Edit: after reading some other reviews, I want to add why I personally think this book is not sexist. Yes, the main character does suggest he will take a second wife/baby mama (it seems like he will get with Joyce, though since she never has a baby in 6 years, I am doubtful it happens). However, Josella and the other female characters (Susan in particular) are not simply there for "feminine" activities. They work as hard as any male character without questioning whether it is appropriate for their sex (10 year old Susan going around killing Triffids with a blow torch is pretty badass). As to the multiple wives situations, it is very practical for repopulation, especially with the babies being sighted in a world where blindness is pretty challenging. In the end, there are options for living in a polygamous or monogamous society, and it's not definite that one is better than the other. The thing about Bill saying "women want babies" or however it goes would be a little sexist today, but it's also true of most women. He doesn't say that they have to have babies. For 1951, it's practically a feminist manifesto."

"Cool. I will check it out "

"Great read if you like Bird Box. "

"My very first book that I read after watching it on tv, the book was way more scary "