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The war of the worlds

H.G. Wells

3.6 AVERAGE

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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dark 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: No
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark sad 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: No

It is so hard to understand how someone can write a story like this and make it seem so real. At one point, a point of exhaustion, I thought is this a history book? H.G. Writes so spectacularly and vividly I now understand why the reading of this book over the radio caused a panic.

Read after watching the dire BBC adaptation...wish I’d read this years ago!

Some really cool ideas and some very disturbing imagery but it did feel very dated in places and I didn't like the style that the story was narrated.
adventurous tense 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
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