Martin’s Reviews > H.G. Wells: Six Novels > Status Update
Martin
is 30% done
The island of Doctor Monroe. Was a bit slow to get into but after a while it got more interesting.The story is about a man stranded on an island run by a Mengel-type doctor undertaking unethical experiments. The language is readable for being so old but suffers a bit from it, has some descriptions that certainly is politically incorrect by today’s standards. Can be seen as a critique of both science and religion.
— Oct 05, 2019 05:07AM
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Martin
is 83% done
Finished novel 5/6 in this book: “The first man on the moon”. Verdict: it started out okay-ish and had some interesting/entertaining but became less so as the story went on. 5/10
— Jan 13, 2020 12:19PM
Martin
is 66% done
Finished “The war of the worlds”. Holds up still with some exceptions. The writing could have been better with some of the descriptions of the invasion being cut and instead the characters and aliens being more developed. Not everything makes sense scientifically but this can excused given how old the book is, and much of it actually is believable still! I like the designs of the alien machines especially.
— Nov 25, 2019 02:28AM
Martin
is 50% done
Finished The Invisible Man: maybe my least favourite so far, it takes far to long to get going and it tries for some village comedy that quickly gets boring. The first half of the story is like that and not much happens in terms of story or character development. The second half of the story is better luckily and faster paced. It’s interesting to see how someone acts invisible but hard to sympathise.
— Oct 10, 2019 11:51PM
Martin
is 15% done
Finished the first story: The Time Machine.
I give it 4/5. Easy to read for being so old and becomes interesting fairly quick. Has a pretty original take on how the far-far future could look and why and in some ways a metaphor that has some truth today. The political (left) leanings of the author shine through some.
/SPOILER
The “monsters” reminded me a bit of the ghouls from fallout
— Sep 28, 2019 01:21AM
I give it 4/5. Easy to read for being so old and becomes interesting fairly quick. Has a pretty original take on how the far-far future could look and why and in some ways a metaphor that has some truth today. The political (left) leanings of the author shine through some.
/SPOILER
The “monsters” reminded me a bit of the ghouls from fallout
