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.

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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.