Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Invisible Man by Malvina G. Vogel, H.G. Wells

8 reviews

cleotheo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Blood, Death, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cursing and Death of parent

obviousthings's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

The main character just isn't very interesting aside from his invisibility. I understand why it's a classic, but I didn't enjoy reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, and Suicide

Minor: Body horror and Misogyny

kelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Violence, Suicide, Racism, Physical abuse, and Murder

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Suicide

emma6544's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Blood

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

2.75

I am glad I read this knowing it was published in serialized form. It reads like the 19th century book version of Jack Bauer's "24" - intro, climax, cliffhanger -  repeated over and over again with zero character development. Some reviewers have compared it to Jekyll & Hyde but I have not read that one. To me it gave Frankenstein vibes, except Griffin (THE invisible man) was both Dr. Frankenstein and "the monster." Unfortunately, the lack of character development meant that as a reader I had zero empathy for Griffin as "monster" because his motivations as scientist were never really explained. One thing I did enjoy in this book that Frankenstein did not have was the bits of humor.

We still had an interesting discussion at book club but everyone agreed that overall this book was just ok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Classism, Racial slurs, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

rory_john14's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Animal death

surrendersouls's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Even though he is a jerk it was very entertaining to see Griffin do his thing and

his death was very conflicting for me, in a way it was deserved but this could've all been handled differently and he could've lived

I enjoyed his relationship with Kemp, it was interesting. I will admit I really liked Griffin! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Suicide