When you read this book, you have to take into consideration that it was written in 1893 (?). If you don't, the book is boring. Hardly anything happens. It's like the point of the book is not what happens after he travelles in time, but the time travel itself. I'm sure this was entertaining enugh when it first came out, but it's not today. We are too spoiled... It's nice to have read it because of the huge difference it made in the world of litterature, but if you just wanna read a book, I don't reccomend it.