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Violence
Some
Triffid attacks; the violence of a civilization suddenly unable to defend itself; deaths throughout
Language
Barely any
Mild language; restrained British register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Adult relationships in the post-apocalyptic rebuilding
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The horror of mass blindness; the psychological weight of being one of the few who can see in a blind world; slow, inevitable catastrophe
What this book is about
Bill Masen wakes in a London hospital with his eyes bandaged after treatment for a triffid sting. When he removes the bandages, he discovers that almost everyone in the world has been blinded by a meteor shower the night before. The triffids—tall, ambulatory, carnivorous plants that most people had thought merely useful for their oil—are now free to stalk a blinded world. Wyndham's 1951 novel is the model for all subsequent 'cozy catastrophes': the end of civilization, rendered with British restraint and genuine philosophical weight.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Mass blindness as the novel's premise
Carnivorous plants as genuine threat
The collapse of civilization depicted with realism
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