Reviews - The War of the Worlds: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

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The War of the Worlds: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

H.G. Wells

3.6 AVERAGE

smallfeather23's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense 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: No

venidasdemarzo's review against another edition

3.75

✍️ never eat in england, got it

mangoj66's review against another edition

5.0

Uncanny, prescient, and lots of fun. Unbelievable this was written over 100 years ago. Every sci fi book I’ve read so far has been knocked down a peg, just as lotr did to my beloved Harry Potter. I will always hope to be an artilleryman, but may have to confront the fact that I’m only a curate.

jackie_reads_314's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A solid base for many of our invasion stories, this is considered a classic among SciFi readers. I can definitely see the impact and influence it had on much my favorite (and not so favorite) media of the 20th and 21st century. I actually happen to like the longer winded sentences and paragraphs of classic novels, but I dislike when you can tell that it was serialized. This wasn't a problem when reading other works from the same time period, but something about this style for this particular story didn't do it for me. Perhaps it was the fact that we don't get the point of view from the brother, who serves as the second protagonist, when it really could have been better formatted for it to be a recounted tale between the two of them rather than just MC spewing his account to the reader. All in all, it has some magnificent scenes and still poignant philosophical questions, but the format and pacing just didn't let the story itself live up to its legendary hype.
I also kept count of new words learned from this book and, on average, I learned 1 new word per chapter, for a total of 27 new words acquired! This book was read/typed using typelit.io

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