Which I kind of like, it immediately shows you what kind of book this is: an account of 'that time the aliens invaded' :). So you already know what is coming, right from the start. So, spoiler alert: ALIENS!Īnyway, the book starts out with a kind of rant about how arrogant people are to assume they are the only intellingent life in the universe. Leaving out that detail kind of leaves you with nothing left to tell. I'm not sure if I should warn you about spoilers, because I mean, the story is about an alien invasion. Since this is set in the 1890s horses are still a very common mode of transportation.

I especially loved the drawings of horses. There's nothing better than nasty aliens losing to a navy ship! I guess they won't be coming to this planet anymore. It made me think of that movie of a very similar nature called Battleship. I think my favorite part of the story was when the navy ship blasted the aliens. That enemies can be beat, sometimes in the most unexpected way. Did he write himself into the story? Needless to say this is a fast paced story with lots of action, danger, death and destruction. I think the thing that startled me in here the most was that the main character is named Wells and that is the name of the author. With all the fighting going on in here, it is so odd that this book is not classified as War here on Goodreads? I wonder if its because they are fighting aliens? Hmmm.

I can easily see someone reading this to their child or children reading this on their own too. It's always better to see things, like the martians with their beaks and long tentacles or their towering tripods. And the illustrations made reading it much more fun. I have never actually read The War of the Worlds before even though it's so famous.so when I saw this at my library I had to grab it.

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