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timmytunter's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, and War
pholcidae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Wells clearly did his work in familiarising himself with the suburbs of London to create a sense of familiarity with the intended audience when he wrote this. I only recognised a few places since I am not familiar with the city and its surroundings, but I certainly got my own tour of them all in this story(!)
I did enjoy the pseudoscientific approach to the narrator’s telling of his story - if only the science wasn’t outdated by this time it might’ve been more convincing.
Whilst I enjoyed the use of language and literary devices, I found it hard to feel immersed in the story by way of it feeling like listening to someone who is overly fond of their own voice ranting at me about aliens and society.
The plot was so diluted by Wells’ insistence on dictating directions around the general geography of London, that by the end I felt the climax was not all too climactic. Also, character development was non-existence so there’s not much to comment there.
Overall, an unfortunate low scoring for a book I was very excited to read.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny
bones_jackson's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War
cursed_sapphire's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Animal death and War
bearystarry's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
Minor: Death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
thomasdj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Mental illness, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
reesespuff6's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Alcohol, and War
lorraine19's review against another edition
- 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
<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>
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, cannibalismotisthedungeonmaster's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, and War