Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

6 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

beccabees's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

A good commentary on how our economic system will lead to our downfall and an accidental illustration of the hubris of the colonizer. Expect old-timey racism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Classism

Moderate: Racism and Cannibalism

Minor: Colonisation

riverofhorton's review against another edition

I need to take a break from this book for an indeterminate amount of time. I just can't deal with the audacity, racism, classism, ableism, and arrogance of this man.

I may well come back to this book at a later date (if so, I will update this review), but for now I am not in the mental space to be reading this. Which is honestly such a shame, I have been looking forward to actually reading this book since watching the 60s film as a kid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism

augusts_2020's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

arlaubscher's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism and Colonisation

lou_o_donnell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Racial slurs, Cannibalism, and Colonisation