Reviews for The Velvet Glove

The average rating for The Velvet Glove based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-10-19 00:00:00 Michael Molnar A pretty darn good shorty by the great Herbert George. His vintage writing style is just the best. The thing that makes this good is, he devised a slightly humorous, curly ending. The thing that resulted in my one star penalty...it wasn't quite long enough. I reckon Herb must have written this about the same time as he did War of the Worlds (one of the best books ever) and he must have been interested in life under the microscope in that period.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-03-25 00:00:00 Max Leidermann Hard one to rate. There are some stories in here that are pretty good, but the entire collection will live in my memory as a showcase of Wells' racist and eugenics-friendly opinions. Yes, this is partly a product of his time, but these weren't universally accepted opinions, even then. It made far too many of the stories an unpleasant read. It has the benefit of being short, though, and the title story is a fairly good read. But otherwise, I just can't recommend it.