This is the first John Wyndham book I have ever read and I really enjoyed it. The story wasn't what I expected and I was pleasantly surprised to find it scarier and more in the horror genre than Sci-Fi. Yes, there are giant walking plants that are trying to kill you, but besides that, the story seemed very realistic. The plants are only a part of the story, how people survived after everyone went blind is the driving force. Even the cause of the blindness is based in truth/reality opposed to a random act of god or some cosmic source, which in my experience tends to be the cause in a lot of Sci Fi stories. Overall the story reminded me of the movie "28 Days Later". Are plants or dead people ever going to walk the Earth and try to kill/eat us? No. But just like how "28 Days Later" made you feel that zombies could exist, "Day of the Triffids" does the same for carnivorous walking plants.
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