“The History of Mr. Polly” H. G. Wells (1910) Review | Life started late

★★★★☆ Midlife crisis. Mr. Polly was tired, he wanted to change his life but too tired to try any more so he decided to end it all… that’s when his good life really started.

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The History of Mr. Polly
H. G. Wells, 1910
Herbert George Wells
318 pages
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It was mentioned in the mid life crisis book (my review here), and yes it is exactly about that.

You have a boring life, you don’t make decisions but things just get decided and time passes and one day, you want to end it all.
You want to “change it” but you are so tired that you just want to end it – but THAT is when the life starts again.

The first half of this book is boring to read because his life was boring, but weirdly when he tries to end it the words in the book also gets more exciting and enjoyable, just as he enjoys the view of the countryside – then comes the tranquility of life, satisfaction, of letting it all go.

It was worth reading the boring bits because that is life, it’s unpredictable.

Also worth knowing that the author is actually a popular SF writer.

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