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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
adventurous
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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
It was odd. Compelling and frustrating at points, but I was not bored.
“The Time Traveller vanished three years ago. And, as everybody knows now, he has never returned.”
i’m not one to read classics, i find the writing style too old for me, but this was amazingly written.
i’m not one to read classics, i find the writing style too old for me, but this was amazingly written.
I didn't find the story captivating, I found it hard to imagine the alien people and despite losing a tone machine, the stakes felt incredibly low.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
tense
Mie îmi place tare mult să citesc sci-fi și sunt multe cărți excelente DAR atât de tare m-a plictisit cartea asta, vai vai.
HG Wells along with Jules Verne have arguably been the primary influence on the majority of the pop culture iconography and franchises we’ve come to love.
With The Time Machine, Wells crafted a story that both created a science fiction sub-genre and established key motifs that practically every time traveling story would subsequently use. The world of the Eloi and Morlocks is a fascinating commentary on capitalist society and the potential horrors that could stem from the abuse of the poor by the elite.
Wells brilliantly inverted the Elite vs. Impoverished trope before it even became a trope. By being set so far into the future, he extends the elites abuse of power so far that eventually their abuse of the poor becomes that of necessity rather than choice. This results in Mother Nature intervening and over millennia, humans evolving to reflect this extreme society. The poor become the dominant species and the elite become the prey.
In just 86 pages, Wells’ story is a lightning rod of energy that simply never lets up. His traditional first person narration works well here and serves the frantic urgency of the story perfectly. My only complaint is that the books length doesn’t allow for the deep history and intricacies of this world to be explored in much detail, which I would have loved.
Regardless, this is (obviously) a landmark moment in literature, sci-fi specifically. Chad is the goat for convincing me to finally enter into the weird wonderful world of Wells’ work.
With The Time Machine, Wells crafted a story that both created a science fiction sub-genre and established key motifs that practically every time traveling story would subsequently use. The world of the Eloi and Morlocks is a fascinating commentary on capitalist society and the potential horrors that could stem from the abuse of the poor by the elite.
Wells brilliantly inverted the Elite vs. Impoverished trope before it even became a trope. By being set so far into the future, he extends the elites abuse of power so far that eventually their abuse of the poor becomes that of necessity rather than choice. This results in Mother Nature intervening and over millennia, humans evolving to reflect this extreme society. The poor become the dominant species and the elite become the prey.
In just 86 pages, Wells’ story is a lightning rod of energy that simply never lets up. His traditional first person narration works well here and serves the frantic urgency of the story perfectly. My only complaint is that the books length doesn’t allow for the deep history and intricacies of this world to be explored in much detail, which I would have loved.
Regardless, this is (obviously) a landmark moment in literature, sci-fi specifically. Chad is the goat for convincing me to finally enter into the weird wonderful world of Wells’ work.