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Pros

Wells writes with clarity and with a high literary standard.

I especially like the narrator's hopelessness. It ends in a believable way without being depressing. The reader feels his *, pain and ambiguity right along with him.

The story is set in the early 20th century. Ogilvy and the narrator investigate the pit created by the meteorite and suspect that it is unusual due to it being cylindrical in shape and made of metal. The war against the alien invaders begins and all o...  Read More



Cons

I have no idea how this book became a classic. The second part is slightly improved and almost readable, but the first 60% or so was so awful that i had a difficult time not quitting the book altogether. This book is not a manga, nor anything of the s...  Read More

All of the martians die because they are not immune to the bacteria and disease that inhabits our earth. At first they seem very sluggish and weighed down. They look like tripods.

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Quality


Wells does an excellent job with the plot and narrative.


It was fun to read and compare the movie with the novel.

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, classic, many, good and alien.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 7,191 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 6 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Obviously the language is a bit dated but its still a descriptive fascinating piece of fiction


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The movie should have been closer to the book


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    And one can also ponder what would happen if we were to venture into another galaxy of which there are many in the universe


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Even though technology and warfare is definitely more advanced than in the story are we as a human race ready to face that type of unknown or will we be running for our lives not knowing what is happening


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    As a science fiction lover myself i felt i owed it to myself to check out this classic and see if it withstood the test of time


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The edition of war of the worlds i read also included an excerpt of map of the sky a novel by another author that draws inspiration from this one


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Descriptions of alien biology and technology also thought provoking stuff


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I seen the movie and the book is a thousand times better i was blown away with how the writer discribed the aliens and the way when theyre in the house and the machine tentacle goes in searching that stuff was awesome also didnt expect the artillery man to be alive at but completely cought me off guard

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