Weekly Book Wrap Up
The War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Alien invasion trying to conquer earth, most people know the story and how it turns out. If you start to analyse the text though, there are a lot of "hidden"(not that hidden actually, some of the issues Wells is trying to get across to people are pretty in your face), there is imperialism, evolution, social Darwinism to name a few of the topics "hidden".
Quick easy read, lots of action and full of a lot of beautifully written visuals.
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Herland by Charlotte Perkins GilmanMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
2.5 stars?
Def a book of its time, no sex, but you do have motherhood, (mentioned 150 times in the book....). Feminist literature? Maybe? It does show what the author thinks the men of the time think of the differences in the women of Herland and the women they know. It does show how women are fully capable of creating a thriving society. But ultimately some of the women end up falling in with the men, (OK one does land a kick somewhere sensitive), and I think that fact actually stops the novel from being a true feminist novel.
At least with this one, women are taught they can do and be anything they want. Swastika Night is the complete opposite, so it does make sense why we are reading them for my Masters course.
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That is a classic book, War of the Worlds.
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