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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Start date: August 1, 2023

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Jul 27, 2023 spoko rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, canon-classic, book-club, horror-suspense, speculative

So I am realizing how much I enjoy these classic gothic horror/suspense novels. That said, this particular one is a bit lacking. It’s partly the pacing, and partly the rather blunt ways that Stevenson obscures the twist. As a reader, you’re not given those tantalizing glimpses that make these stories so compelling. At least, not enough of them, and they’re not as well executed as they could be. You never feel like you’re on the verge of being drawn into Jekyll’s (or Hyde’s!) point of view, until ...more

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May 30, 2021 Jessica rated it liked it · review of another edition

What an interesting allegory. Of course you could read this as a simple horror story, but I see it at an intriguing allegory of the two sides of human nature. Our God side and our evil side. And basically the side you allow out the most odd the side that will eventually rule. I was surprised, pleasantly, by how short this was. Stevenson got right to the point without a bunch of unnecessary descriptions or talk of nature as so many classics do. Just simply to the story and straight through.

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Mar 11, 2013 Ricardo rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, 2013

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote with a flourished prose, while keeping a very fast narrative pace, and his short stories are very good displays of his style. My copy of the book had 3 short stories, gothic tales, I think they may be called: "The Body Snatcher", "Olalla", and "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". These were written within a two year time frame, and while sharing stylistic aspects, they vary in theme, and seem to display an evolution of style.

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