Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

36 reviews

technobabbletime's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The beginning of this book was definitely slower paced at the beginning, but around the halfway mark it really picked up. The ending was beautiful and very satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and War

ruthmoog's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-paced

5.0

I give this fiver with a caveat - it's relentless with place names. The book doesn't have a map, so you need to be very familiar with London and the surrounding areas to follow the locations you're given _throughout the book_ and I can imagine it would be not at all fun for anyone who is not from there.

But in spite of that, it's just an absolute banger!
Ethics, tension and hope in a gruesome uncanny setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexism and Colonisation

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Sexism and Suicidal thoughts

timmytunter's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, and War

bones_jackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

4.0

Se eu não me engano foi o primeiro livro que retratou sobre alienígenas, então tem uns conceitos muito interessantes. A primeira coisa que veio na minha cabeça com a primeira descrição dos marcianos foi o vilão de monstros vs alienígenas e foi assim que eu imaginei eles durante o livro todo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

cursed_sapphire's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was tense and had me on the edge of my seat constantly. The beginning was a bit dry, but beyond that I was hooked. This is a true sci-fi horror novel- the constant fear for survival, wondering if there will ever be a moment of peace... And there was just enough substance behind it to elevate it higher than typical fun, pulpy sci-fi. 

The characters are all a bit simple, but serve the narrative and themes well. I can't say I was extremely attached to any of them, but I can say they served their purposes well, serving more as vehicles for the reader to experience the tense situation through.

Overall I have to say this is one of the classics I'm delighted to find is a classic for a reason. I look forward to future forays into the works of H.G. Wells, and can easily reccomend this book to anyone looking for a tense book about a doomsday scenario that is somehow as fun as it is hopeless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and War

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

chriswaldron15'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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

reesespuff6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Alcohol, and War

funeraldancer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I found myself zoning in and out of the story, but that's more of a me thing. I think watching one of the film adaptations then reading it again would give me a better experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcohol