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A review by bookssongsandothermagic
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
4.0
This was an excellent book; a light yarn that takes the main character through time to discover what has become of Mankind in the far future. In the mean time, he develops a loving relationship with one of the future humans, the Eloi, and learns that compassion and love still exists in the furthest reaches of the future.
I didn't quite enjoy it to the degree that I did with "The Island of Dr Moreau" but it was still nicely paced, liberal in its language and social commentary (it was written in 1895, so it could have really dated on that front) - and it makes some political points about the "haves" and the "have nots" in the present day society, through what the time traveller discovers in the future.
The use of a changing first person narrative is interesting and gives more immediacy to the bulk of the story, and good bookends for the rest of the book, that serve to create a sense of occasion and wonder.
I didn't quite enjoy it to the degree that I did with "The Island of Dr Moreau" but it was still nicely paced, liberal in its language and social commentary (it was written in 1895, so it could have really dated on that front) - and it makes some political points about the "haves" and the "have nots" in the present day society, through what the time traveller discovers in the future.
The use of a changing first person narrative is interesting and gives more immediacy to the bulk of the story, and good bookends for the rest of the book, that serve to create a sense of occasion and wonder.