Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

30 reviews

rory_john14's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Racism, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a reread and it was even better the second time. I annotated this time and found so much joy while doing so! This book is a really interesting take on utopian and dystopian societies and how they relate to each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

serena_hien's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

xphilphil's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

bookmarkspages's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Violence and Cannibalism

feebee's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Cannibalism

grotesque_debauchery's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, and Cannibalism

jowmy4's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Really enjoyed this book. It's both a great sci-fi adventure and a commentary on (capitalist) society. Tense at times, with several action scenes. I really liked the way this was told through a third party and

the ambiguous ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Cannibalism

Minor: Grief

The cannibalism is complicated because they are two different species - however they do have a common ancestor

(which is humans). The human main character nor his (not-quite-human) companion are cannibalised, but the threat is there.

There are action sequences, and the death and violence in these are about what can be expected. Regarding the central characters,

the companion character is unfortunately killed. The main character's ultimate fate is ambiguous.