The War of The Worlds by H G Wells

Time taken to read – in and out over 6 days

Pages – 192

Publisher – 451 Flame Tree

Source – Bought

Blurb from Goodreads

Cylinders land on Earth ans the invaders, from Mars, with heir huge, round bodies with tentacles, start to vaporize people on earth. Houses, towns ans cities are soon destroyed in a spiral of violence, creating civil panic ans mass evacuations before a foul black smoke is released by the agressive alien force. But the fightback must begin, and it comes from an unexpected quarter. H. G. Wells’ classic tale of invasion has stirred our imagination for over a hundred years. Its intense mix of realism and fantasy continues to prick at anyone interested in a great adventure story by a master storyteller.

My Review

I don’t think there is many, if any, who aren’t familiar with The War of the Worlds, be it book or movies(s), I have seen some of the films but never read the book. Told in first person point of view we follow the main character, middle aged/older gentleman who lives near the first crash landing. From the initial speculation, group gathering, sightings to the realisation of the threat to all out war against humans.

With this guy we go through each stage, speculation, intrigue, fear to running for your life, survival and trying to keep ahead of the aliens, their weapons and the uglier dangerous side of humanity/survivors.

Absolute survivalism and we get to see a few sides to humanity and how people deal with it, tackle it and get through it (or not). The advancement of the aliens, how quickly they overcome us and how utterly helpless we are against their attack and different weapons. At one point he likens us to ants and or how humans treat animals as food and now we are on the receiving end of an unstoppable predator(s) and slaughter.

I absolutely will be rewatching the movies I think, I do enjoy a good alien read/film and enjoyed reading this one, I also think I will rewatch the one Stephen King done. Everytime I read of the red material covering stuff in my head all I kept saying was Ripley :P, if you know you know, 4/5 for me this time.

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