WAR OF THE WORLDS (H.G. Wells) - December 13/12

There are a lot of interesting plot twists here - the Spielberg adaptation is surprisingly faithful - but the narrative is just unreasonably slow and almost insanely descriptive. The whole book seems to consist of the main character wandering from one locale to the next, describing the hell out of everything he sees. The stiff, stuffy, formal prose only exacerbates the crushingly dull atmosphere. *1/2 out of ****