Fifi's review of The War of the Worlds

4/5: 'What was needed now was not bravery, but circumspection.' #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook For my Dutch review, with additional links, see here> Having previously seen a film adaptation and also having listened to the brilliant radio play by Orson Welles, I finally had a go at the original story of this classic - that is, the story in book form.*) Before it was adapted as a book, it appeared serialized in newspapers. And although I thought I knew the story, it was only now that I noticed the role of the narrator. The book, which is essentially an eyewitness report, records the eve...