The author does a good job of describing the remnants of earlier civilisation from the point of view of Will and his friends who know nothing of it. Great story about a future dystopia where alien Tripods have taken over the world and humans live a rural, simple life (which actually looks rather attractive on the face of it). And I guess I'll still give it full five stars.
I'll probably read the book again in a couple of years. Maybe I'm not entirely subjective here, since I've first read this book as a teenager and regard it as one of the best books I've read back then. Adventure, friendship, suspense, mystery - it's all there. The trilogy contains much that a teenage reader would be looking for in a book. The last book of the trilogy finally describes the defeat of the Tripods and mankind's new start. The second part of the trilogy follows another group of boys who venture right into the Tripods' city to learn more about the "enemy" and steal their secrets. The first book starts with a group of young boys who, wishing to escape the Tripods' control, undertake a journey from England through France to the Swiss Alps - a place they're told is free from Tripods and where free men live. They are accepted as god-like creatures that exist for the good of humanity. People are "capped" upon reaching adulthood: a metal cap placed on the head that seems to control one's thoughts so nobody even cares about the Tripods. The story takes place in a future world, where the planet is controlled by giant metal Tripods that roam the earth - and nobody really knows anything about them. And I just happened to read it once again this summer - although I'm in my thirties now. After having seen the TV series as a teenager, I just had to have the books, which I read several times during my youth.
My first contact with John Christopher's Tripods trilogy was the BBC television series broadcasted in the late 80s (which actually covered parts one and two of the trilogy).
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