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The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

"1800s Britain "Eccentric" travels to the far future and returns to tell his fantastic and dark tale. Wells has a unique idea and though he's vague on the details, the idea of time traveling had me hook, line and sinker."

3 Stars

Pros: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Wells had it right that there will always be the good and the bad, no matter how far ahead in time you go. There is always one group that is above the other. 

Cons: The Time Traveler doesn't really explain how his machine works, it just does/How he manages to communicate with the Eloi after only being with them for 3 days is amusing/Though the Traveler seems to like the Eloi well enough, he's always going on about how unintelligent and simple they are, seemed rather judgmental to me.    

Full Review: 

It all starts when the Time Traveler and his friends are having dinner and he begins to explain that time travel, is, indeed, possible. That's apparently how British dinner conversations went back in the late 1800s. 

He goes to his workshop and brings out a small model, that he says is the prototype of a much larger machine he hopes to finish soon. He presses a few buttons, pulls a few levers and, GASP, the small machine vanishes. 

His friends think it a joke and are content to leave it alone and simply shrug him off as his eccentric self. But the next week, when he's late for dinner, they start to wonder. 

He finally arrives, dusty, travel worn and exhausted. Once he freshens up, he brings his colleagues to his study and tells the whole amazing tale.  

He decided, after his demonstration, that it was time to put the real machine to the test. And it works. He travels to the year 802,701 AD. The world has blossomed, as if the entire surface is one gigantic, beautifully maintained garden. And he's welcomed by human like creatures, the Eloi, who are content to let him explore and wander about, this new Earth. Of course, things take a turn when someone or something steals his Time Machine. 

He decides that he must descend one of the many wells that are scattered about the Ruins and see what he can find. His companion, Weena, one of the Eloi that he saved from drowning, is adamant that he not go into the dark. All the Eloi are terrified of the dark. They're never out of doors or alone once the sun goes down. Safety in numbers. 

 But he, of course, shrugs her off and after a harrowing climb down, is met face to face with the creepy, Gollum-esque creatures, the Morlocks. 

Thus, adventure ensues and if I said anything more I'd have just explained the whole book, so, go and read it to find out what happens ✌😁. 

The Protagonist was a bit of a bumbling fool at times, using up all his matches and essentially burning down the Earth in his unerring mission to find his Time Machine. Even for his faults though, it was definitely an engrossing read. Originally read in school, what was at first a grudging chore, was actually an entertaining and appreciated read as an adult. It's true, with age comes wisdom 👏👍. 

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