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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Having read A Picture of Dorian Gray earlier this summer made reading this that much more dreadful.
This story wasn’t a hard read or entirely dated, but there is a sense of slogging through long prose to get no where.
The overall premise is interesting and that’s why there are thousands if not hundreds of renditions of this same idea- What if someone became invisible?
This book tries to exploit the idea that we as humans would fall to pure chaos and anarchy if we didn’t have to face consequences of our actions, but the narrators idea of such is so… bland? Maybe I’m spoiled with modern day tomes for books, but I wish we could have really seen Griffin go mad, or at least have Griffin actually begin his reign of Terror.
This story wasn’t a hard read or entirely dated, but there is a sense of slogging through long prose to get no where.
The overall premise is interesting and that’s why there are thousands if not hundreds of renditions of this same idea- What if someone became invisible?
This book tries to exploit the idea that we as humans would fall to pure chaos and anarchy if we didn’t have to face consequences of our actions, but the narrators idea of such is so… bland? Maybe I’m spoiled with modern day tomes for books, but I wish we could have really seen Griffin go mad, or at least have Griffin actually begin his reign of Terror.
A character that I’ve always known about but never actually knew his backstory. Short but enjoyable albeit a very unlikable character!
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
felt like it was losing my attention for a bit towards the end but was a great little read
3,5 stars
An engaging sci-fi story that still has a lot to say about otherness and science's corrupting power in the absence of morality.
This will probably benefit from a re-read as well :)
An engaging sci-fi story that still has a lot to say about otherness and science's corrupting power in the absence of morality.
This will probably benefit from a re-read as well :)
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"When I hit his cuff," said Cuss, "I tell you, it felt exactly like hitting an arm. And there wasn't an arm! There wasn't the ghost of an arm!''
H.G. Wells is without a doubt one of the most influential authors of all time, namely in the sci-fi and horror genres, more of the former than the latter. With that in mind, I found The Invisible Man to be the most dull and boring book from Wells that I have read so far. I didn’t connect with any characters, the narrator shifts confused me, and I never saw an end goal or a set target that the book would wind up in, each chapter kind of flowed into the next without any remark or celebration. By the end of the book, I wasn’t really sure what I should have taken away from it or what the point of the journey was. If it was to scare me, it didn’t succeed. If it was to spark some scientific interest in invisibility, it failed in that, too. This was a brilliant idea that is so sadly poorly executed, and I feel that Wells has achieved this many times in his bibliography, unfortunately. Overall, not too impressed, wouldn’t really recommend.
H.G. Wells is without a doubt one of the most influential authors of all time, namely in the sci-fi and horror genres, more of the former than the latter. With that in mind, I found The Invisible Man to be the most dull and boring book from Wells that I have read so far. I didn’t connect with any characters, the narrator shifts confused me, and I never saw an end goal or a set target that the book would wind up in, each chapter kind of flowed into the next without any remark or celebration. By the end of the book, I wasn’t really sure what I should have taken away from it or what the point of the journey was. If it was to scare me, it didn’t succeed. If it was to spark some scientific interest in invisibility, it failed in that, too. This was a brilliant idea that is so sadly poorly executed, and I feel that Wells has achieved this many times in his bibliography, unfortunately. Overall, not too impressed, wouldn’t really recommend.
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
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
dark
reflective
medium-paced