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Loading... Blind Faithby Ben Elton
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  verenka | Oct 21, 2009 |  This was the first book by Ben Elton that I'd read and wasn't sure what to expect - but it instantly pulled me in. I couldn't understand the logic behind the 'collapse' that lead society to the way it was as the main character narrated it, but I could accept it.SPOILERThe whole book is very '1984' in some ways, mixed in with the 'Jeremy Kyle' confessionary style outlook on life, and was amazingly, and almost flawlessly excuted - though, I did 'see' the ending coming a mile off - possibly because of the parallells by then, between 1984 and Blind Faith.A very good book, and an excellent read - no problems with the copy on my eReader. (  ) Kaiberie | Sep 19, 2009 | There are overtones of Bradbury and Orwell, but this dystopic future seems to be much, much closer to home. Elton extrapolates modern self-obsession, shallowness and insincerity to its logical extremes and throws in a dose of the medieval religious blind faith of the title. There is some interesting imagery of a future London "after the flood", but this book is more about making a point than delivering much in the way of plot. Worth a read though, and it does deliver the most soul-crushingly bleak ending I've read in a while... (  )1  hotchk155 | Aug 11, 2009 | Never read any of his books before, but this was a very clever parody of todays society. We laugh, but he 'aint far short. ( ) frannypatter | Jun 27, 2009 | This book was so entertaining to read. Ben Elton was able to make relevant social comments in a humourous way, while at the same time holding a spotlight on how self-absorbed society is today. I agree with most of the points that I believe Ben Elton was making about our Westernised society. (  ) angry-muppet | Jun 25, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Ben Elton's books are often completely over the top but I usually find them very entertaining in their satire. I really liked the not sex scenes between him and his love interest - very interesting and different! I thought that the relationship with his daughter, considering how important she is for the story, was practically nonexistent, which is a pity. As usual the ending took me by surprise and that's something I really appreciate in Ben Elton's books. (