Blind Faith
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Blind Faith
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Narrated by:
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Glen McCready
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By:
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Ben Elton
About this listen
As Trafford Sewell struggles to work through the usual crowds of commuters, he is confronted by the intimidating figure of his Parish Confessor. Why has Trafford not been streaming his every moment of sexual intimacy onto the community website like everybody else? Does he think he's different or special in some way? Better than his fellow man and woman? Does he have something to hide?
Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where what a person 'feels' and 'truly believes' is protected under the law, while what is rational, even provable is condemned as heresy. A world where to question ignorance and intolerance is to commit a Crime against Faith.
Ben Elton's dark, savagely comic novel imagines a post-apocalyptic society where religious intolerance combines with a confessional sex obsessed, self-centric culture to create a world where nakedness is modesty, ignorance is wisdom and privacy is a dangerous perversion. A chilling vision of what's to come? Or something rather closer to what we call reality?
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One of his worst
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
No. It's so well written that it made me depressed about the future of humanity.Who was your favorite character and why?
NoneWhich character – as performed by Glen McCready – was your favourite?
He was superb but, as a result, he made the story more painful.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Yes, the scene when the office was welcoming a new member of staff. It chilled me to the bone and I knew the characters were going to be too horrible to stand listening to.It was too good - I had to stop listening
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A fabulous addition to any eclectic library a read that can suit so many minds..
Time to think
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but the cleverness and light moments aren't enough to push back the misery and vulgarity.
well read.
1984 wannabe
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It's less subtle than his best, but still compelling listening.
Bleak but ultimately uplifting
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I've found previous Ben Elton books to be fun as well as insightful. He uses wit, humour and careful observation to make me smile at the gaps between the world as it is presented to us and the reality that he uncovers.
"Blind Faith" is not like that. "Blind Faith" is so in your face and so horribly plausible that it make "1984" and "Fahrenheit 451" feel like light-hearted romps. Watching the plot unfold made me feel as if I were rubbernecking on a car wreck: the nice part of me wanted to look away but the reptile wrapped around my hindbrain was fascinated by the reality of the disaster.
"Blind Faith" is set in a post-flood near-future London, where the people are packed together so tightly there is only room to shuffle, not enough to walk. Social media are always on in your living room. Privacy is regarded as the kind of deviant behaviour only pedo pervert would need. Cherry-popping videos are part of everyone's online bio, laws are set by mass vote, a populist, live it large church guides all decisions, reading is illegal and vaccinations are seen as a lack of faith in God.
In the midst of all this, an ordinary man, trying to do his best and being overwhelmed.
This is a memorable book but it is not a comfortable read. The text began to make me feel as hemmed in as the characters in the novel and as overwhelmed as our hero. Ben Elton offers no comfort and no solutions, just a brutal warning.
depressingly plausible dystopian future-Britain
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Brilliant but scarily poignant!
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gripping fiction novel about blind faith.
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Where does Blind Faith rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
A diverting enough bookWhat was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
A humorous dystopian fable. An odd mix. Part 1984, which was clunkingly refererenced meets Hello magazine.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Could do. Elton is a pacey writerAny additional comments?
I like Ben Elton's writing. This is not his best work but it is his usual style.of humorous and observational with some grotesque thrown in. The story has a few nice plot twists and some.of the characterisation is.strong but overall most of.the.antagonists are.one.dimensional. Had a bit of a.screen play feel to it. Overall a good listen but not Elton's best but still good. Very well paced. Thank Samsung for the weird punctuation of this review!Slightly grumpy but entertaining
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Shame about the narration
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