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littletaiko's review against another edition
4.0
I couldn't believe how different from what I was expecting and how short this book was. Going in, my main source of knowledge was the musical based on the story. The musical really takes just a kernel of the story and creates a completely different world. Once I got reset my expectations, which didn't take too long, I really enjoyed this tale of the two sides of a personality going horrible wrong.
ambysha's review against another edition
3.0
I could see where I would have really enjoyed Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde had I not already been aware of the storyline. Of course, given the fact that this story is really famous, it's almost hard to avoid. This story is written not from Hyde or Jekyll's point of view, but rather, his close friend and lawyer's. Therefore, the condition plaguing Jekyll and Hyde is unraveled rather slowly. If you already know what's going to happen, it takes away from the joy of reading this type of story. I would still recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it but partially only because it's a classic.
jjpope_'s review against another edition
only really wanted to read jekyll and hyde tbh, but continued on anyway. got as far as halfway through markheim and gave up, i just really don’t care enough lol.
glindaaa's review against another edition
3.0
So it took me quite a while to read this and I don't know why (yes I do, I was playing Pokémon on the DS) anyway, I never knew the story about Jekyll and Hyde, I only knew it was a classic and thus that's the reason why I read it.
It's very different from what I expected and at first I didn't like it, as to why to start with the doctor and the lawyer.. but than I got that it was an introduction of Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll a little later. The interesting parts were the letters that were giving the information about what the story of Jekyll and Hyde meant and it is so much more than just a story. Here comes the spoiler, but it means that one person is not just one person or more or less. You got two sides of the same coin inside you, Jekyll makes it outside of yourself but that's beside the point and it's not fair to be judged for only one. Makes me curious what Stevenson wanted to explain with this story or what the meaning was behind and maybe I'll google this later.
I'm not going to review everything but after I struggled to get through Jekyll and Hyde, I came to the Merry Men which started very interesting until that Uncle came.. I didn't understand a word he was saying as I could barely read it and the story just ended a little weird. Just because the uncle met a black man, he went totally insane and by trying to get the uncle back into the house, he and the black man drowned. What kind of end to the story is that. There was so much more, what now happens to Charlie and Mary? I thought that was more interesting than an insane uncle if you ask me.
Than I came to Will of the Mill and that was even better but it went a little bit on too long if you ask me. Still best story of the book.
It's very different from what I expected and at first I didn't like it, as to why to start with the doctor and the lawyer.. but than I got that it was an introduction of Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll a little later. The interesting parts were the letters that were giving the information about what the story of Jekyll and Hyde meant and it is so much more than just a story. Here comes the spoiler, but it means that one person is not just one person or more or less. You got two sides of the same coin inside you, Jekyll makes it outside of yourself but that's beside the point and it's not fair to be judged for only one. Makes me curious what Stevenson wanted to explain with this story or what the meaning was behind and maybe I'll google this later.
I'm not going to review everything but after I struggled to get through Jekyll and Hyde, I came to the Merry Men which started very interesting until that Uncle came.. I didn't understand a word he was saying as I could barely read it and the story just ended a little weird. Just because the uncle met a black man, he went totally insane and by trying to get the uncle back into the house, he and the black man drowned. What kind of end to the story is that. There was so much more, what now happens to Charlie and Mary? I thought that was more interesting than an insane uncle if you ask me.
Than I came to Will of the Mill and that was even better but it went a little bit on too long if you ask me. Still best story of the book.
runeclausen's review against another edition
3.0
Only read Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, not so interested in the other stories.
nusratsreads's review against another edition
4.0
A combination of short stories of the gothic genre.
alyssa_gale00's review against another edition
4.0
being the first book i read on my own and not provoked by school, it was really good. Amazing storytelling and really detailed in a short amount of pages! Would definitely recommend to anyone!!
hughl's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5