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David McK (3755 KP) rated The War of the Worlds in Books

Jun 16, 2019

The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy

7.7

(22 Ratings)

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HG Wells seminal tale of alien invasion, that has laid the template for many an alien invasion movie afterwards (and I'm paraphrasing here):

"There's no war between us and them, any more than there is between us and ants"

Victorian set, and told mainly through the eyes of a journalist who witnesses all the events, from the arrival of the Martians through to their attack and eventual defeat (I'll give nothing away here how, except to say that the movie Independence Day tried an updated version of the same solution), this is also - or so legend says - responsible for mass panic in the States when the radio adaptation was first broadcast.

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Clare Parrott (294 KP) rated My Best Friend's Stepfather #1 in Books

Feb 13, 2018

This book promised good things but it barely lived up to it sadly. I enjoy Opals writing and I've read quite a bit from her.

Ashley's to interview Darien (Dare) Gallagher, a real life Dom and it could launch her career as a journalist. He's supposed to be her best friends stepfather but she hasn't seen her best friend in six years so I think that hardly qualifies as a best friend. As for Dare being a Dom, maybe he needs to go back to Dom school because his dominating skills are lacking. And then to make things worst her boss, Adam, wants her too.