Review: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Seek: The Strange Case Continues
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Seek: The Strange Case Continues by Anthony O'Neill
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Thanks, Edelweiss for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
"The measure of man's unhappiness is the distance between where he is and where he aspires to be."
I honestly don't know why I picked up this book. Probably because it was about Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. After reading this book, I feel like I want to read that classic book for the full experience.
Firstly, I would like to say that I did not in any way expect the twist at the end. I started the book with a very low expectation. I thought it was going to be extremely boring, but it was the opposite of that. A good surprise, I suppose. Everyone knows about Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde or I hope everyone has at least heard about them. Well, yeah they are purely fictional, but that is the place where the fun starts.
In this book, O'Neill writes extremely swiftly in a way that would give one a view of a professionally classic novel in this modern world with a new touch. The book starts 7 years after the strange case of the Doctor. It reminded me of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein with 'The Mad Scientist' trope. Only in this book, the doctor has disappeared and his benefactor is Mr. Utterson, which is a unique and humorous name since he utters a lot of nonsense shall we say throughout the novel. The doctor and his sidekick are back in the town and Utterson thinks that they are Charleton, as in Impostors. However, the things go way beyond towards the wrong side of the right.
I would recommend this book who can't get enough of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, and those who just wants a fast read.
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Thanks, Edelweiss for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
"The measure of man's unhappiness is the distance between where he is and where he aspires to be."
I honestly don't know why I picked up this book. Probably because it was about Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. After reading this book, I feel like I want to read that classic book for the full experience.
Firstly, I would like to say that I did not in any way expect the twist at the end. I started the book with a very low expectation. I thought it was going to be extremely boring, but it was the opposite of that. A good surprise, I suppose. Everyone knows about Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde or I hope everyone has at least heard about them. Well, yeah they are purely fictional, but that is the place where the fun starts.
In this book, O'Neill writes extremely swiftly in a way that would give one a view of a professionally classic novel in this modern world with a new touch. The book starts 7 years after the strange case of the Doctor. It reminded me of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein with 'The Mad Scientist' trope. Only in this book, the doctor has disappeared and his benefactor is Mr. Utterson, which is a unique and humorous name since he utters a lot of nonsense shall we say throughout the novel. The doctor and his sidekick are back in the town and Utterson thinks that they are Charleton, as in Impostors. However, the things go way beyond towards the wrong side of the right.
I would recommend this book who can't get enough of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, and those who just wants a fast read.
Find more reviews on: The Secret of Drue Isle
View all my reviews
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