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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
A pleasant read, though I admit some of the dialogue of the characters I found hard to read (due to accents/slang/you get the idea). Really enjoyed the Invisible Man's recollections the most.
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A classic and it was solid, but I wasn’t blown away by this book. I was really into the final 5-10 chapters, but the first 20 chapters just seemed to drag on and didn’t make me desire to read more. I think the concept is fun and was obviously executed well. I liked how Wells almost felt like a reporter, giving the views from those who experienced the phenomenon.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-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
This was fine. One nice line about humans' inability to do much of anything without help from other humans. Apart from that it was pretty average for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Racial slurs, Stalking
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
I really liked that Griffin wasn't an intelligent, logical mad scientist type, though he definitely was convinced of his own superiority. He was impulsive, rude, had a nasty temper, and was prone to making spur-of-the-moment decisions that often included unnecessary violence.
The book did a very effective job of showing just how awful truly being invisible would be. Having to be either naked or so covered up that none of your skin was visible to accomplish anything sounds incredibly frustrating and inconvenient. There was also some arresting imagery, such as visible smoke being inhaled by invisible lungs and showing the pattern of the lungs and trachea. The actual scenes when Griffin was hunting/being hunted were quite tense as well. I thought it was clever the strategies they used to hunt him down (dogs, working in groups, not letting him rest by constant patrols, crushed glass on the roads).
I also thought that this book shows, once again, that humans are pretty much humans everywhere and time, what with the range of reactions to the invisible man - distrust, fear, thinking the whole thing is made up, etc.
The 'science' was ridiculous nonsense, so I'm glad Wells didn't spend an overly long time on it. I also had to laugh at the American who showed up at a bar with a revolver, immediately fired all its bullets at Griffin, and then was never in the book again.
Lastly, I didn't expect the humor of the book - particularly in conversations between Griffin and the man he coerces to be his servant of sorts, there is a fair amount of dry, dark humor and clever turns of phrase.
Overall I had a pretty good time with the book, though it had a fairly thin plot.
The book did a very effective job of showing just how awful truly being invisible would be. Having to be either naked or so covered up that none of your skin was visible to accomplish anything sounds incredibly frustrating and inconvenient. There was also some arresting imagery, such as visible smoke being inhaled by invisible lungs and showing the pattern of the lungs and trachea. The actual scenes when Griffin was hunting/being hunted were quite tense as well. I thought it was clever the strategies they used to hunt him down (dogs, working in groups, not letting him rest by constant patrols, crushed glass on the roads).
I also thought that this book shows, once again, that humans are pretty much humans everywhere and time, what with the range of reactions to the invisible man - distrust, fear, thinking the whole thing is made up, etc.
The 'science' was ridiculous nonsense, so I'm glad Wells didn't spend an overly long time on it. I also had to laugh at the American who showed up at a bar with a revolver, immediately fired all its bullets at Griffin, and then was never in the book again.
Lastly, I didn't expect the humor of the book - particularly in conversations between Griffin and the man he coerces to be his servant of sorts, there is a fair amount of dry, dark humor and clever turns of phrase.
Overall I had a pretty good time with the book, though it had a fairly thin plot.
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lo escuché en audiolibro mientras estaba en el trabajo sin hacer nada. En una de esas me quedé dormida.
No toda la trama hacía mucho sentido. Pero fue lo suficientemente interesante para terminar de escucharlo.
No toda la trama hacía mucho sentido. Pero fue lo suficientemente interesante para terminar de escucharlo.
dark
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