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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
sad
medium-paced
adventurous
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
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
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book cracked me up sometimes! It has funny lines and satirical moments regarding society, hubris, etc.
I grew up on the classic Universal Monsters, so I was familiar with this story. I love how it begins in such mystery, with a bandaged stranger arriving at a rural inn. We don’t learn his name or his full intentions until much later in the novella.
I don’t know how Wells did it, but he explained the “science” behind what happened to the stranger in an accessible and believable way.
Overall, this is a fun classic containing commentary on the human condition and “oh no, not the consequences of my actions!”
I also recommend both the 1933 and 2020 film adaptations. The 1933 adaptation is almost exactly like the book and well-made for the concept at the time!
I grew up on the classic Universal Monsters, so I was familiar with this story. I love how it begins in such mystery, with a bandaged stranger arriving at a rural inn. We don’t learn his name or his full intentions until much later in the novella.
I don’t know how Wells did it, but he explained the “science” behind what happened to the stranger in an accessible and believable way.
Overall, this is a fun classic containing commentary on the human condition and “oh no, not the consequences of my actions!”
I also recommend both the 1933 and 2020 film adaptations. The 1933 adaptation is almost exactly like the book and well-made for the concept at the time!
Wiki blurb spoiled the ending and i was already getting bored :(
Intelligent and entertaining, and certainly a classic, but I think less interesting on the level of ideas than some of Wells’s other work.
Que loucura. Ele realmente ficou maluco com a ideia de ser invisível.
There’s the question of which superpower would you rather have, flight or invisibility. Invisibility like that? Hell no.
I think it’s interesting how what catches Griffin is not his mad ambition necessarily but his human needs!
I think it’s interesting how what catches Griffin is not his mad ambition necessarily but his human needs!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs