Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

5 reviews

pedanther's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bearystarry's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

2.0

This felt very… meandering? Feels like 80% of the book was just descriptions of people running away and/or travelling to other places and how starving or mean or “silly” they are. Pretty sexist and racist; making reference to indigenous american people when talking about violent invading aliens was certainly A Choice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lorraine19's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

The pace kinda goes back and forth between fast and slow paced, but the imagery and descriptions in some of the scenes is really good. You have to keep in mind how old this book is when reading some of the more "scientific" parts. Wells did try to incorporate some actual science explanations which unfortunately are a bit outdated. So if that is something that really bothers you this book might not be for you. But if you don't mind more fiction in your scifi, it's a classic for a reason. 



<SPOILERS> I did find the ending to be disappointing but this is more of a personal preference. It just felt like it didn't match the tone of the rest of the book with it being all "oh everything turned out okay". I really wish he kept the tone dark or even left it more open ended. <SPOILERS>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Police brutality

Starvation, survival, cannibalism

nerdkitten's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

michayla13's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War