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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
my copy of this is a 1953 pocket book and that absolutely did add to the camp of reading this i'll admit it
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
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:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
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:
No
"no one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own...yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. and in the early twentieth century came the great disillusionment."
a hue of green light on the horizon. sinking black smoke. thundering steps. scorching flames deployed by a heat ray. fatal curiosity. civilization burned. standing amongst ruin.
"never before in the history of warfare had destruction been so indiscriminate and so universal. and shining with the growing light of the east, three of the metallic giants stood above the pit, their cowls roasting as though they were surveying the desolation they had made."
this novel felt like peeking through the blinds or hiding around a street corner watching everything you knew about the world fall apart. the centered isolation was crushing. the depictions of the aliens and their widespread devastation are so detailed, yet they leave the reader wanting more. it feels like looking at a car crash, you should look away but you can't tear your eyes away from it. very compelling ties to colonialism. invaders from another world decimate people and the lands. unable to fight diseases from a new land. demise brought upon themselves. even stated directly within the book, wells draws connections to the biritish empire and aboriginal people of tasmania. basically a big victorian shitpost to england, love to see it. will prob listen to the radio show version too bc i heard that's also great.
"i felt the first inkling of a thing that presently grew quite clear in my mind, that oppressed me for many days, a sense of dethronement, a persuasion that I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the martian heel. with us it would be as with them, to lurk and watch, to run and hide; the fear and empire of man had passed away."
a hue of green light on the horizon. sinking black smoke. thundering steps. scorching flames deployed by a heat ray. fatal curiosity. civilization burned. standing amongst ruin.
"never before in the history of warfare had destruction been so indiscriminate and so universal. and shining with the growing light of the east, three of the metallic giants stood above the pit, their cowls roasting as though they were surveying the desolation they had made."
this novel felt like peeking through the blinds or hiding around a street corner watching everything you knew about the world fall apart. the centered isolation was crushing. the depictions of the aliens and their widespread devastation are so detailed, yet they leave the reader wanting more. it feels like looking at a car crash, you should look away but you can't tear your eyes away from it. very compelling ties to colonialism. invaders from another world decimate people and the lands. unable to fight diseases from a new land. demise brought upon themselves. even stated directly within the book, wells draws connections to the biritish empire and aboriginal people of tasmania. basically a big victorian shitpost to england, love to see it. will prob listen to the radio show version too bc i heard that's also great.
"i felt the first inkling of a thing that presently grew quite clear in my mind, that oppressed me for many days, a sense of dethronement, a persuasion that I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the martian heel. with us it would be as with them, to lurk and watch, to run and hide; the fear and empire of man had passed away."
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No