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The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
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
From Chūnibyō to Nostalgia: Revisiting Wells & The Invisible Man
I first read The Invisible Man when I was in 5th grade. I had just finished my final exams and was waiting to start middle school. Back then, I used to read a children's magazine called Baalhans, which came out every fortnight. One day, during a visit to my usual bookstore near the railway station, my eyes landed on an illustrated edition of The Invisible Man. At the time, I didn’t know anything about H.G. Wells or book genres like sci-fi or whatever. I just picked up anything with an interesting title or cover (which, to be honest, is still somewhat the case, though not in the same way). Since The Invisible Man checked both boxes, I bought it instead of my usual magazine. I didn’t have enough money for both, so... yeah.
I ended up spending my entire holiday reading The Invisible Man before my results came out and the admission process began. I was around 11 or 12, and the story absolutely amazed me. I even went through a bit of a Chūnibyō phase, acting like Griffin, lol. I remember wanting to read more of Wells' works, but it was pure luck that the bookstore even had that one. The shopkeeper had no idea who the author was, and he definitely wasn’t going to track down more books just for one customer. And, of course, there was no internet back then where I could just look everything up, not that I even knew how to use it at the time. Thinking it might be impossible to get more books like The Invisible Man, I eventually moved on to other things.
Fast forward to today, I was walking through a thrift store and came across an H.G. Wells definitive collection, which includes five or six of his stories. Of course, The Invisible Man is in it, so that’s the first one I decided to revisit. Obviously, I didn’t feel the same level of amazement as I did at 12, I've seen countless movies and TV shows inspired by his works, either directly or indirectly, but the nostalgia was totally worth it. I guess I’m finally going to fulfill my childhood wish of reading more of Wells’ stories this time.
I probably won’t write reviews for all of them, since I already know the basic outlines of most through various media references, but I had to write this one for The Invisible Man’s sake and for my 12-year-old self. Just to preserve the memory in the form of this Goodreads review, haha.
I first read The Invisible Man when I was in 5th grade. I had just finished my final exams and was waiting to start middle school. Back then, I used to read a children's magazine called Baalhans, which came out every fortnight. One day, during a visit to my usual bookstore near the railway station, my eyes landed on an illustrated edition of The Invisible Man. At the time, I didn’t know anything about H.G. Wells or book genres like sci-fi or whatever. I just picked up anything with an interesting title or cover (which, to be honest, is still somewhat the case, though not in the same way). Since The Invisible Man checked both boxes, I bought it instead of my usual magazine. I didn’t have enough money for both, so... yeah.
I ended up spending my entire holiday reading The Invisible Man before my results came out and the admission process began. I was around 11 or 12, and the story absolutely amazed me. I even went through a bit of a Chūnibyō phase, acting like Griffin, lol. I remember wanting to read more of Wells' works, but it was pure luck that the bookstore even had that one. The shopkeeper had no idea who the author was, and he definitely wasn’t going to track down more books just for one customer. And, of course, there was no internet back then where I could just look everything up, not that I even knew how to use it at the time. Thinking it might be impossible to get more books like The Invisible Man, I eventually moved on to other things.
Fast forward to today, I was walking through a thrift store and came across an H.G. Wells definitive collection, which includes five or six of his stories. Of course, The Invisible Man is in it, so that’s the first one I decided to revisit. Obviously, I didn’t feel the same level of amazement as I did at 12, I've seen countless movies and TV shows inspired by his works, either directly or indirectly, but the nostalgia was totally worth it. I guess I’m finally going to fulfill my childhood wish of reading more of Wells’ stories this time.
I probably won’t write reviews for all of them, since I already know the basic outlines of most through various media references, but I had to write this one for The Invisible Man’s sake and for my 12-year-old self. Just to preserve the memory in the form of this Goodreads review, haha.