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The War of the Worlds (illustrated version): with biography and text analysis

H.G. Wells

3.6 AVERAGE

samanthahogan35's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

ehutton9267's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense 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

fuulmonn's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

amascoli's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious slow-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

cshamilton's review against another edition

5.0

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This book is a classic for a reason, though it's different from the Radio drama most people are familiar with. Not just because of the setting (London and Southern England) but a focus on both the science of the time and how it deals with the condition of man.

The book is written in sections and it gets a bit off track as the POV switches to the main character's brother for a while. The reason for this makes sense, but could have been done better.

The scientific aspects were interesting, but certainly date the book.

alysson's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

peppermintkamz's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous

franzibroetchen's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense 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: Complicated

jjolynn's review against another edition

4.0

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I have a bad habit of judging old science fiction by today's standards, so I tried my best not to do that here. At first, I didn't think there was anything special about this book, but I can imagine how revolutionary I would have found it in 1898. It's well-written and I'm sure it was terrifying to read in a time when airplanes didn't exist, let alone space travel. I also found the whole 1938 radio incident very funny.

punwizard's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No