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A review by _rusalka
Blind Faith by Ben Elton
4.0
Ben Elton imagines a world where privacy has disappeared, and is actually punished. Every intimate detail of one's life must be published or streamed on Facebook-esq and You Tube-like mediums, or blogged about. Science and critical thinking are no more, with religion which glorifies the self ruling the world, as if God created us in his image, we are godlike and should worship ourselves and our urges. But also God chooses what happens to us and we should not control it with things like science, unless it's to make ourselves prettier of course, as God is love, so we should make ourselves more attractive to be more loved, thus celebrating God more. Also this means we should wear as little as possible to celebrate us and our body, as we are created in God's image, and we should love us, and others as they are in God's image, and so we should bonk everyone's brains out and broadcast it on the internet.
That. That confusion and head spinning feeling of contradiction. That hypocrisy oozes out of this book like some horrible sugary syrup they eat all the time (as you should treat your body with sugar all the time, as it is what you deserve. My pancreas hurt while reading this book) and covers you in that stickiness. It's just uncomfortable, and you just want to have a shower.
Because of this, you have a very likeable and relatable character in Trafford. Oh, he's naive and a bit simplistic, but he's goddamn trying. And I hope I would be too in that world. Although I would hope we would all realise and stop that world from occurring before it got there, but recently I have less hope in that. I'm not the biggest fan of Ben Elton, but I definitely enjoyed this one.
That. That confusion and head spinning feeling of contradiction. That hypocrisy oozes out of this book like some horrible sugary syrup they eat all the time (as you should treat your body with sugar all the time, as it is what you deserve. My pancreas hurt while reading this book) and covers you in that stickiness. It's just uncomfortable, and you just want to have a shower.
Because of this, you have a very likeable and relatable character in Trafford. Oh, he's naive and a bit simplistic, but he's goddamn trying. And I hope I would be too in that world. Although I would hope we would all realise and stop that world from occurring before it got there, but recently I have less hope in that. I'm not the biggest fan of Ben Elton, but I definitely enjoyed this one.