Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

8 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Antisemitism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Death of parent

cleotheo's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Death of parent

obviousthings's review against another edition

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

2.25

The main character just isn't very interesting aside from his invisibility. I understand why it's a classic, but I didn't enjoy reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Suicide, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror and Misogyny

kelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

emma6544's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

Minor: Blood and Death of parent

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

I am glad I read this knowing it was published in serialized form. It reads like the 19th century book version of Jack Bauer's "24" - intro, climax, cliffhanger -  repeated over and over again with zero character development. Some reviewers have compared it to Jekyll & Hyde but I have not read that one. To me it gave Frankenstein vibes, except Griffin (THE invisible man) was both Dr. Frankenstein and "the monster." Unfortunately, the lack of character development meant that as a reader I had zero empathy for Griffin as "monster" because his motivations as scientist were never really explained. One thing I did enjoy in this book that Frankenstein did not have was the bits of humor.

We still had an interesting discussion at book club but everyone agreed that overall this book was just ok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent

rory_john14's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Racism, and Sexism