First Post On My First Book

Okay, so I'm currently reading The Day of Triffids by John Wyndnam. The beginning literally bored me to death but it's getting better... Well anyways, the main character of this novel is Bill Masen (he also the narrator of the story) and this novel is written in first person to his point of view. However, I did not like the main character being so incapable in the beginning. For example, in the book, most people suddenly becomes blind and the main character (with his advantage of being able to see) does not know what to do, whether to help them, leave them, or put them out of their misery. Sure the situation being so sudden could have thrown his normal train of thought on the wrong track, but after people start suciding, becoming barbaric, or just plain greedy/crazy for about 5 chapters you would think he gets the point -_-;;. Even though the main character is quite incapable on his own, he remains as one of the few people who sees the triffids (stinging, venomous, walking plants <.<) as a threat which later keeps him alive. In addition to his sight and once in a while logical thinking, this triffids with stings = threat idea is basically what makes him special in this story. As for revealing the universal human experience, he shows how people rely so much on company and learn from other people's point of views to develop their own.

(For Eric who wants to know how my book is dystopian novel: The definition of dystopian is, "a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding." (according to dictionary.com) thus since people are getting practically owned and oppresed by killer plants i think that goes under human misery and oppression.)