Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

19 reviews

moreau's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Really liked this, it's not the average HG Wells book in the way that the concept isn't that cool but it's executed in a really fun and interesting way, also revolutionary for Wells I actually liked the characters. Griffin is really amusing. Over all, just a fun book. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty

cleotheo'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing and Death of parent

captainnat's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Animal cruelty, Self harm, and Violence

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

cdt96's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Racism, Child abuse, Confinement, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

beccabookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

A book about a horribly selfish, entitled, and violent physicist who terrorizes an English countryside after turning himself invisible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Animal cruelty

dwjnv's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty

clarissa22's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Blood

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

Minor: Death of parent