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crzyarrow 's review for:
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells
I know there is a ton of literary analysis of this novel out there, so if you're looking for that you should look elsewhere. I read this for my pure enjoyment. From that perspective, I really liked this book, but it was definitely not what I was expecting. If you want an hilarious review of this book, check out Anne's:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1305151782?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1
LOVED that review and it helped encourage me to bump this up in my queue of books to read haha. As she says, there is no slow decent into madness for Griffin, it basically jumps into that right at the start. Prior to this book I had read the Picture of Dorian Gray, which was a gradual corruption of Dorian's character until the final straw when he snapped and threw himself completely into wickedness. Coming from that frame of mind, I was expecting something a little slower. I would say the Invisible Man book is about how one guy who's already a little nutso makes himself invisible and suddently goes completely off his rocker because he realizes he is extremely vulnerable in his current state and has to overcompensate by taking over the world via a "reign of terror" since he can't reverse his condition. He's like that person you meet in school who you can't help but thinking "God, I hope he never runs for office and wins..." Not a very well thought out plan really on his part... This seems like a storyline you might see in a longer comedy sketch like on SNL. And I mean that as a compliment :) Overall, great sci-fi story and I highly recommend reading it if you haven't.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1305151782?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1
LOVED that review and it helped encourage me to bump this up in my queue of books to read haha. As she says, there is no slow decent into madness for Griffin, it basically jumps into that right at the start. Prior to this book I had read the Picture of Dorian Gray, which was a gradual corruption of Dorian's character until the final straw when he snapped and threw himself completely into wickedness. Coming from that frame of mind, I was expecting something a little slower. I would say the Invisible Man book is about how one guy who's already a little nutso makes himself invisible and suddently goes completely off his rocker because he realizes he is extremely vulnerable in his current state and has to overcompensate by taking over the world via a "reign of terror" since he can't reverse his condition. He's like that person you meet in school who you can't help but thinking "God, I hope he never runs for office and wins..." Not a very well thought out plan really on his part... This seems like a storyline you might see in a longer comedy sketch like on SNL. And I mean that as a compliment :) Overall, great sci-fi story and I highly recommend reading it if you haven't.