Review of The War Of The Worlds

Title:The War Of The Worlds
Author: Herbert George Wells

At the starting of the book, there is a description of the Martians on Mars watching Earth closely, envying its inhabitants. Then the point of view changes to the author, who was on Earth. He and his astronomer friend were studying Mars, from which there was a succession of flashes from one part of the planet every night for ten nights. Then Martians came out of a cylinder that landed on Earth. They built a robot which had a heat ray equipped and began destroying the town they landed in, Woking.

Reinforcements came in every night after that, and brought stronger weapons with them. The story shows the author's adventure during the invasion, how he survived, and so on. Finally, the aliens die of disease.

I feel that this story was written to let us reflect on what we have done to our own planet and the war we wage on weaker animals such as ants and rabbits. This story is very realistic and it "absorbs" the reader into it, so that the reader can see the author hiding, running, fighting and so on. I recommend this book for people of all ages.