The More I watch The series The More I love it. I have always been a huge fan of the War of the Worlds . The series doesn't follow the novel Entirley but it's a much more Faithful adaptation Than most of the others we have had over The Years. Episode One is Great and follows the story of the book quite well , Episode Two has the most Tripods and action but the series loses its way in the final episode as it's rather slow , very little action and the ending sucks . You can see where the writers wanted to put their own spin on the story and it didn't really pay off. Also the series seems to get confused in whether it's telling the story in the present or Past tense, this starts to make more sense on repeated Viewings.
If You haven't seen the series I recommend watching it . Don't be put off by other reviews , Some reviews are very harsh. I don't understand the hatred .