The time machine or Body on the rocks

The first book that I had read was ‘The time machine’, from H.G. wells.  It was a fantastic book that was about a scientist how made a time machine and went to the future. It was so good that I could not stop reading it, because the story let me sympathize. And I now think different about the future, because first I thought that it was better in the future but after reading this book it is not so good actually.
The second book I read was ‘Body on the rocks’, from Denise Kirby. This book was about a girl who saw a dead body on the rocks and slowly discovered who the murderer was. It was not a fun time reading it, because after the second chapter I was boring

The time machine

Main character
The time traveler:
The Time Traveller is a man who likes an adventure and mysteries, his real name never came up in the book. But The Time Traveller is a man how makes decisions too quick, without thinking of the consequences, for instance he used all his matches to make an impression at the people from the future.  But later when he really needed them he used them all.

Other important people
The doctor:
The doctor is a person who listened to the stories of the time traveler. And he is one of the eyewitnesses of the time machine.

Weena:
Weena is a little girl form the future and a friend of The Time Traveller, because The Time Traveller saved her life one time.

The Morlocks:
The Morlocks are the enemy of the human (human are called Eloi in that time period) in the future. They hide the time traveler’s time machine, and killed WeenaL.

Summary
The story begins in the Time Traveller’s house. At his house he explained to some friends that it wasn’t impossible to travel through time, they of course didn’t believe him. And then he showed that it really was working, and they were impressed. The next week his friends were searching for the Time Traveller, but they couldn’t find him. After a while he shows up, he said he had travelled through time. And after that it all began. (spoiler alert!!!)

He said he had travelled through time. And that it felt really weird, when the time started moving really fast. And when the machine stopped in a garden in the year 802 701, he met some small creatures called Eloi (human). They react very strange and they gave him flowers (because they love flowers). They took The Time Traveller to a building. The strange creatures spoke a strange language too, and they only ate fruits, because they had killed all the animalsL.
In the evening he discovers that the time machine has disappeared. He looked everywhere, but he couldn't find it, and he was panicking.  After a while he thought the machine was in the Sphinx (building), but the doors of the Sphinx where closed.
One day the Eloi's were swimming and The Time Traveller was watching them. One of them almost drowned and The Time Traveller saved her life. Her name was Weena. They became good friends of each other.

Next day he went to a ruin of a museum. It was a very dark place. He saw two eyes. Then he saw a white creature running away from him. He found out the Eloi only like day light, they are afraid of the darkness. The Morlocks are afraid for daylight, so they only live in the darkness. The Time Traveller knew that the Morlocks had his time machine.

The Time Traveller and Weena went back from a museum, but it became dark, so they decide to build a fire in the wood. The Morlocks had already attacked once (because there was no moon that night). At first, the Time Traveller felt asleep. When he woke up, the Morlocks attacked him again. Weena was disappeared. After a fight, the Morlocks ran away. 
The next day he arrives at the sphinx and the doors where open, and there he saw his time machine. He walked inside, but then the doors closed behind him. The Morlocks came and tried to catch him. The Time Traveller fixes the switch from the time machine and he disappeared into the past. 
After he has told his story, which nobody believed, he showed them some flowers he got from Weena. The next day he travelled again, and after three years he still hasn’t returned.

Writing style
The book is written in the eyes of the main chatterer, it is not a chronological book, but it hasn’t that may flashbacks. But it’s mostly because he was first in 1895 and then in 802 701 and then again in 1895.

My opinion
This book is one of my favorite books I ever read. Because the story let you think about the future and how it will be to travel to time. And if I ever want to make a book it would be this kind of book. I really don’t love reading but this was a new experience. I give this book a 9,5/10.

Body on the Rocks

Main character
Becky:
Becky is a curious young girl who is on vacation with her friends. She finds a dead body on the rocks. She is also a girl how want to know everything, what is going on around her.

Other important people
Amber:
Amber is one of the best friends of Becky. She wants to leave the dead body story behind her, but because Becky wants to know everything about it, is it nearly impossible.

Natalie:
Natalie is one of the best friends of Becky too. She is an open person who never lied about something

Richard:
Richard is a boy they met on their holiday. He turned out to be the grandson of the Murder. He is a person how want to stay on the foreground. And he likes Becky.

Dominique:
Dominique is a friend of Richard and like to stay on the background.

Murderer:
The Murder is the grandfather of Richard and his real name is Charles, and he was discovered by Becky .

Summary      (spoiler alert again!!!)
This story starts in a car park near the dock. In the car park the three friends (Becky, Amber and Natalie) meet each other because they go on vacation to Rottnest Island. It is their first vacation without their parents and they are very excited. On the boat trip there comes a lady to Becky who gives her a piece of paper with things she can do on Rottnest Island. And when they arrive with the ferry on Rottnest Island they hire their bicycles, and they went to their cottage.
The next morning they go and diced what they are going to do. They met to young boys; Dominique and Richard. And after they went to the bakery to get bread, they went to a place with a whole lot of rocks. To their surprise they saw a dead body on the rocks.
Becky climes to the man, Amber and Natalie went to the police. Becky sees the blood and she thinks he was murdered. Later when the police arrives, she went back to her cottage. Later that day they needed to do their word to the police.
The next day Amber invites the two boys they met earlier for dinner, but Becky and Natalie didn’t like that idea. But after that they still wanted to go to the supermarket. In the supermarket Becky heard a woman say that it would defiantly be murder and that the man was dead before he was lying there. The next morning Amber and Natalie went swimming and Becky was going to the place where she saw the dead body. But when she stands on the rocks, she saw a strange guy behind her looking at her. The three friends are going to the lighthouse. On the list with lighthouse keepers she saw the name Tavis. Tavis was the middle name of the guy who was lying dead on the rocks. A woman said that lighthouse keeper was charged for murder on a 16 year old girl, called Lizzy.
Becky went to the old girls (Shirl, Sally and Ruth), and she gets a lot of information about the time.
The next day, they went on a hunt for Richard ‘treasure chest’. And they find it, and there were whole lot of thing inside, but also a necklace with a golden heart. Becky gets it from Richard and puts it on. But after a talk with Shirl she knows that Lizzy always was wearing that neckless. But when she was found dead,  it was not on her anymore. Later she asked Richard were he gets it from. And he said he found it in an old wardrobe from his grandfather.
The next day they are going with Dominique and Richard somewhere whit underground shafts. Becky discovers that the grandfather from Richard arrived a few days before them. in the shafts she gets scarred and want to get out.  When she opened a door she saw a man whit a red cap. It is the grandfather from Richard. After this she charged the man with everything she can think of. The man tried to get away but he finely gets himself in.

Writing style
the book is written in the eyes of a narrator, it is a chronological book, because it has no flashbacks or other things.

My opinion

This book is one of my least favorite books because on half of the book I lost who was who, what made it really strange reading. And a thing what I also don’t like is that the book for me a bit unrecognizable is.  And if I was able to change anything about this book it would be that there were less people involved. I give this book a 5/10.

Conclusion:

And now you know what is going on in each book it is easier to say what book I prefer. Let have a look what I think ‘The time machine’ was better than ‘Body on the rocks’;

• The time machine is a book where you don’t get bored after 2 chapters.
• The time machine is a book were you can see the structure of.
• The story was something I was interested in.
• But mostly because there were too many people in ‘Body on the rocks’ to follow the story.

What does ‘Body on the rocks’ do better than ‘The time machine’;

• There was nothing what was better about it.

So after looking what ‘The time machine’ does better than ‘Body on the rocks’ and the opposite. I prefer, if you don’t guessed it, ‘The time machine’.  That is because it is a story what let you think about the future.