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A review by slypig
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
4.0
At the risk of execution, I'll admit I liked the 2002 movie better than I liked the book. The emotional stakes, motivation for the adventure, and overall logic are areas of comparative strength for the film--not to mention the fact that the Time Traveler actually gets a name.
BUT.
The book and the 2002 film adaptation are so wildly different from one another that it's more like apples and oranges than what's better or worse. They're two different stories, really. So this was still very much a four-star read for me. I loved the sense of adventure I felt in the writing. There was great tension in all the right places. And like any good sci-fi, it made me think--both about the future and the impact of the present. H.G. Wells' work certainly deserves its place among the sci-fi classics.
BUT.
The book and the 2002 film adaptation are so wildly different from one another that it's more like apples and oranges than what's better or worse. They're two different stories, really. So this was still very much a four-star read for me. I loved the sense of adventure I felt in the writing. There was great tension in all the right places. And like any good sci-fi, it made me think--both about the future and the impact of the present. H.G. Wells' work certainly deserves its place among the sci-fi classics.