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The general story of The War of the Worlds is well known -- aliens attack, and Earth struggles to fight back. (view spoiler) What I didn't remember (or perhaps know in the first place), was that it was written so very long ago -- 1898! The technology coming from the aliens
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I was expecting this book to be far more exciting. At first I felt intrigued by the descriptions of the aliens space ship when they arrive, but during the majority of the book I felt rather bored, and it felt like not a lot happened. If I got nothing else from this book, I added a few more words to my vocabulary. If you're interested in Sci-fi classics, it's worth a read, especially if you don't mind expanding your vocabulary. Other than that, it's not much of a read in my opinion. Don't expect
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I think I was expecting more from this book. I guess I had built it up in my head too much. I think it was good, but the story seemed to move so fast! I wish more time had been spent on telling the story of those 4 weeks. Maybe from different people's perspective. Still liked this a lot, but think it could have been so much more.
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Feb 15, 2010
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