Very impressive. This actually felt more like a "28 days later" or Threads survival film, where the prime threat is humans being dicks. The actual triffid menace I'm sure was greater in the film. Not that I remember the film well. Driving round bucolic England today felt more oppressive after reading this.

Also I don't think a book now would have so many people choose suicide over being blind within a day! Hopefully the female characters in this would do a little better too than have a man tell them to stop be so feeble.