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A review by cheri
The Time Machine by Dobbs, Mathieu Moreau, H.G. Wells
4.0
Perhaps slight spoilers.
This book has been on my TBR for a full year, and I’m so glad I finally got around to it! Set in Victorian times, the Time Traveller claimed he had an idea how moving in all dimensions might be done, then proved his theory. What follows is the first time travel story that set the time for the whole genre. Dated now to some but I don’t think so.
The social commentary still rings very true. The “upper class” being served and forgetting how to do for themselves, unaware of realities around them, the “have-nots” needing to work the system and ultimately turning on those above them are themes we still see both in fiction and daily life.
It was a fun, imaginative and slightly unnerving read. I enjoyed the descriptions and imagery, and the friendship with one particular little Eloi!
This book has been on my TBR for a full year, and I’m so glad I finally got around to it! Set in Victorian times, the Time Traveller claimed he had an idea how moving in all dimensions might be done, then proved his theory. What follows is the first time travel story that set the time for the whole genre. Dated now to some but I don’t think so.
The social commentary still rings very true. The “upper class” being served and forgetting how to do for themselves, unaware of realities around them, the “have-nots” needing to work the system and ultimately turning on those above them are themes we still see both in fiction and daily life.
It was a fun, imaginative and slightly unnerving read. I enjoyed the descriptions and imagery, and the friendship with one particular little Eloi!