Title: The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Series: -
Genres: Classics, Horror
Publisher: Signet Classics
Release: September 2nd, 2003
Source: Paperback
Pages: 144
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BLURB: In this harrowing tale of good and evil, the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll develops a potion that unleashes his secret, inner persona—the loathsome, twisted Mr. Hyde.
EXPECTATIONS: I have
known about this book for a very long long time, and I love the movie with
Julia Roberts that is kind of an interpretation of this book. So I knew
something about this story, and also of course Hulk being inspired by this
story as well.
THE WORLD: So the
world in the book is the ordinary late Victorian London, where everything is
very bloomy, dark, and fogy and seems wet and cold!
CHARACTERS: So the two
main characters in mind are Mr. Utterson, a lawyer that lives in London. He is
respected and well-mannered and I liked him. We also have another character Enfield,
who to me seemed a little gossip girl in all honesty. Anyway, it was weird but
these two characters seemed more of the focus of the book than Dr. Henry Jekyll
or Edward Hyde. Of course we do get to meet them both of them in a way, but it’s
very difficult to really understand their characters. The only differentiation is
that Dr. Jekyll is good and Mr. Hyde is a horrible person, he jumps on little
girls, pays them off, beats people and even kills them. He is out of control
and kind of embodies every horrible thing in humanity.
ROMANCE: No romance in this book.
GOOD: I liked the story, I
could see the number of phrases used, and I even Googled that this book
inspired all the potions to be green and stuff. The las chapters were amazing!
Simply beautiful! I am a sucker for letters and confessions in the letters and
this was just beautiful!
BAD: Keep in mind that the
majority of things that happened are being told to us. The novel focuses more
on the telling rather than showing. I was very disappointed actually, that I
didn’t get to read anything from the perspective of Dr.Jekyll or Hyde, it kind
of created this wall between us.
OVERALL: Overall, I liked it. It
was short, it was a fast read, and I think people should read it, just to know
the story.
What do you think about THE STRANGE CASE OF DR.JEKYLL AND MR.HYDE?
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