Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The War of the Worlds: The Book That Started It All... by Maxwell Caulfield, H.G. Wells

15 reviews

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

minzzi's review against another edition

adventurous sad 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? No

3.0

  It's the first time I read a Sci-Fi book set in the past. Seeing how a society pre-internet deals with an alien invasion was quite interesting. It really made me think about how far we have came in terms of technology and globalization and if we, today, would survive an invasion like that. 
   And I do have to give this book a few points for not forgetting that the main character would definitely have PTSD from everything he went throw, like so many modern sci-fi and fantasy storys do.
   However, most of the story is this style of writing I don't really like. is just: "this happened and then this happened and then that happened", over and over again. There is almost no time to breath and the description of things and people are very surface level. 
  Also, there was this anoying thing were the author just drops names of random parts of England with no further explanation or description of the place. Like, in sorry sir, but not everyone who reads this book has the map of all the streets of London memorised.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Murder, and War

bookishchef's review

dark slow-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

2.75

Probably very impressive for its time, but nothing special now. The story meanders and sometimes manages to be boring (which is almost an achievement for a book so short). Over all, I thought it was okay although the blatant sexism did take me out of the story many times over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, and Cannibalism

trulydevious's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Minor: Confinement and Suicidal thoughts

anjasshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, and Murder

Moderate: Blood