3/5 Stars (%67/100)
It took me about 1.5 days to finish %70 of the book, and about 20 days to finish it. No, you got it wrong. It is not that I got bored and had a hard time finishing it. (I would not give it 3.5 stars.) I simply did not have any time to read an e-book. Today I've decided to finish it and write a review. Long story short, here I am.
I've liked it overall. My initial rating was 4 but after thinking about the book in depth. I've decided to lower it a bit. The reason for that is mostly because of the loooooong chapters about the narrator's brother. I think we did not need any of it, let alone at least 4 or 5 chapters of it. The major problem was this but there are also some other minor issues. I had to remind myself that this is one of the earliest books about Martians, world invasion and such. For this reason, I have to say that Wells did an amazing job. This book inspired hundreds of famous writers.
The book is about the invasion of the Martians. The narrator talks about the events in some kind of a diary. Wells uses this method a lot and I have to say that I do not really like it. However, it worked great in this specific book. I really liked the descriptions of the Martians. I'm not gonna spoil it but I am glad that they are not something you expect them to be. The poetic descriptions of some major events were also brilliant.
Thus, the book starts out great. It gets kind of boring around the middle but after that, it catches your attention once more. The essential message was given by the book might be a cliche now, but at that time, it makes sense and is great. In short, you should give it a go for sure.
