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The Invisible Man

H.G. Wells

3.39 AVERAGE


For me, the scariest monsters have always been those rooted in reality, hiding in plain sight. It’s been over one hundred years since H.G. Wells wrote “[i]t is so much easier not to believe in an invisible man,” yet the sentiment still rings true. Although it may be easier to turn a blind eye to the corruption and evil at work in the world, it’s utterly impossible to believe it doesn’t exist.

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adventurous mysterious 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

a classic that seems to want to give into SF, but which remains a classic because everything is perfectly rational. i loved it

Wouldn't it be great if we could be invisible? Well after reading this maybe not.
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was pretty fun, though I didn't like how Griffin was so obviously a bad guy. Would have been better if his random "I'm gunna murder and terrorize the whole town" plan at the end was more organic...it just seemed to come out of nowhere, and the moment he says it you know it's not gunna end well. What would motivate him to do such a thing? He seems to have very little to gain from it...and there are too many ways for it to go wrong...
I don't know, I wanted to sympathize with the him more, so I was annoyed when he went full-on evil at the end.
Still, a fun story~
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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: Yes