tinapickles 's review for:

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

4.0

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War of the Worlds is a (more than) decent quick read. Its told in first person narrative and moves along a quick pace. The only fault I found with this book was that at times the narrator is not descriptive enough; a number of the descriptions and/or plot points fall flat because Wells neglects to develop the image fully. For example, at one point he mentions he saw the aliens do something to a human they are holding captive and that this both horrified and changed him. Yet, he fails to describe this particular action, and as a result the reader may feel cheated of a valuable moment of insight into both the narrator's mind as well as the martians. In other words, Wells has moments where rather than showing, he tells.

Over all, a good period piece read.