Reviews - The war of the worlds

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The war of the worlds

H.G. Wells

3.6 AVERAGE

libbi5's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

yas_05's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

jimsreadingandstuff's review against another edition

4.0

A surprise attack by creatures from Mars leaves mankind vulnerable.

ewanwg's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

so i liked this book, but it didn’t quite enamour me in the way that a lot of the other dark classics do.

I still think it’s interesting and worth a read (esp in relation to its history as one of the first science fiction books) but probably not the highest priority read

jamesbob007's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Very cool

andrewfinney's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

misterybooks's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

mikavon's review against another edition

3.0

It's impressive that this was written in 1898. That someone imagined hostile aliens visiting earth and wrecking havoc in a time before airplanes were invented. Just... crazy.
I already sort of knew the ending (that the martians die from lack of resistance to earth bacteria) but it was still a fun story. Pretty gruesome, too.

might_be_may's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 18%

there's so much darkness and destruction in reality, I don't need even more of it in fiction

Content Warnings

yomenia's review against another edition

4.75

dark hopeful tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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