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sony74 's review for:
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells
I downloaded this for my Kindle thinking it was Ellison's "Invisible Man"! So I read it looking for allegories of racism and oppression. What's weird is that everything the main character goes through could be an allegory, but that's not what Wells' meant it to be. I don't think he did anyway. I have read Wells' other works so perhaps he did mean it as some type of allegory, but for what I'm not sure.
So only part of my previous review of what I thought was Ellison's book applies. That is: I really enjoyed the plot, and found myself frustrated in certain parts of the book. Particularly with the Invisible Man's anger, and his own culpability in his situation. However my anger turned to understanding and sympathy once his situation was explained in greater depth. But while I found the depiction of anger and madness in the Invisible Man sympathetic, it also made me cringe.
Now, here's where things get weird. Since I thought I was reading Ellison, I thought he was making a grand statement about the oppressed and those who oppress. Now I really want to know what Wells was saying about people who are represented by the characters he wrote. Or was just a simple story about the dangers of wanting too much power? My mind is buzzing now. I wonder if I would read this book differently now knowing it's not what I thought it was. Mistaken read or not, it was a great tale.
So only part of my previous review of what I thought was Ellison's book applies. That is: I really enjoyed the plot, and found myself frustrated in certain parts of the book. Particularly with the Invisible Man's anger, and his own culpability in his situation. However my anger turned to understanding and sympathy once his situation was explained in greater depth. But while I found the depiction of anger and madness in the Invisible Man sympathetic, it also made me cringe.
Now, here's where things get weird. Since I thought I was reading Ellison, I thought he was making a grand statement about the oppressed and those who oppress. Now I really want to know what Wells was saying about people who are represented by the characters he wrote. Or was just a simple story about the dangers of wanting too much power? My mind is buzzing now. I wonder if I would read this book differently now knowing it's not what I thought it was. Mistaken read or not, it was a great tale.