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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
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:
No
adventurous
mysterious
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This classic turned out to be better than what I expected. One of the students I tutor recommended we read this together to help with his comprehension. I am glad he did because I have never thought about giving this book a chance before. I found myself immersed with H.G. Wells' ideas of the future and was captivated by the story.
When I started to read this, I immediately recognized Wells' message to his readers. His writing was filled with theories that had me thinking of what could happen to our society as we let technology and capitalism grow. It was fascinating to read how human society downgraded in the far future when it should be the opposite with all the advances that humans are making. We had the Eloi, the people that the Time Traveler first encountered, who were small, childlike, and unintelligent. Then we had the Morlocks who were the "poor" of society. They lived underground, were wild, and were extremely dangerous. These future creatures don't have education but they obviously had a social class caste system. In many ways, these future people had many similarities to our present society, and that was a little scary to think of. What amazed me the most was how this book was written in the 1800s and yet the theories could be relevant to today.
Next, I quite enjoyed the story that H.G. Wells told. The Time Traveler explained his experience traveling to the future and meeting the creatures. I liked how the Time Traveler was able to connect with one of the beings, Weena. It made the story feel more believable that the TT was able to have a relationship, not a romantic but friendship type, during his adventure. Also, the ending took me by surprise. I was not expecting it to end the way it did. It had me further scratching my head trying to figure out what happened to the TT. I did like how the book ended with a positive note: even though the future looks dark, we can still change our future.
As a whole, this was a great classic. It was not perfect for there were a couple of parts that I lost interest in, but the rest kept me hooked in. Wells' theories had me pondering about our future and the story was captivating enough for me to read all the way to the end. I am glad that I listened to my student.
When I started to read this, I immediately recognized Wells' message to his readers. His writing was filled with theories that had me thinking of what could happen to our society as we let technology and capitalism grow. It was fascinating to read how human society downgraded in the far future when it should be the opposite with all the advances that humans are making. We had the Eloi, the people that the Time Traveler first encountered, who were small, childlike, and unintelligent. Then we had the Morlocks who were the "poor" of society. They lived underground, were wild, and were extremely dangerous. These future creatures don't have education but they obviously had a social class caste system. In many ways, these future people had many similarities to our present society, and that was a little scary to think of. What amazed me the most was how this book was written in the 1800s and yet the theories could be relevant to today.
Next, I quite enjoyed the story that H.G. Wells told. The Time Traveler explained his experience traveling to the future and meeting the creatures. I liked how the Time Traveler was able to connect with one of the beings, Weena. It made the story feel more believable that the TT was able to have a relationship, not a romantic but friendship type, during his adventure. Also, the ending took me by surprise. I was not expecting it to end the way it did. It had me further scratching my head trying to figure out what happened to the TT. I did like how the book ended with a positive note: even though the future looks dark, we can still change our future.
As a whole, this was a great classic. It was not perfect for there were a couple of parts that I lost interest in, but the rest kept me hooked in. Wells' theories had me pondering about our future and the story was captivating enough for me to read all the way to the end. I am glad that I listened to my student.
it was ok. not too interesting, perhaps it’s because i’ve seen the movie already
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
so cool that this is where the term “time machine” was coined, as ubiquitous as the term is now.
it’s easy to see how influential this story is, and his commentary of class inequality and the speculation on the future if that inequality persisted and widened was interesting.
well-written, and a landmark in science fiction history.
it’s easy to see how influential this story is, and his commentary of class inequality and the speculation on the future if that inequality persisted and widened was interesting.
well-written, and a landmark in science fiction history.
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
3.5 stars. I enjoyed the writing and most of this story. Interesting take on the future to be sure. I was surprised that the author picked such a random number year to have his characters visit. It is definitely far enough into to the future that it will probably never be compared to the actual future if the Earth and the human race end up lasting 800,000 years.
I feel like the author chose the name Morleck on purpose to be close to Molech from the Bible. Child sacrifice was the main characteristics of the worship to Molech. And the Eloi were very childlike.
I listened to this book on audio so I may not be spelling these names correctly. The narrator was excellent.
I enjoyed the writing but towards the end the future ravels got very dark and depressing. He does try to end on a positive note which is good but the last few chapters are decidedly strange and disturbing.
I feel like the author chose the name Morleck on purpose to be close to Molech from the Bible. Child sacrifice was the main characteristics of the worship to Molech. And the Eloi were very childlike.
I listened to this book on audio so I may not be spelling these names correctly. The narrator was excellent.
I enjoyed the writing but towards the end the future ravels got very dark and depressing. He does try to end on a positive note which is good but the last few chapters are decidedly strange and disturbing.