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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

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penandsheets_on_ig's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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5.0

Richard Armitage is one of my favorite audiobook narrators and this was a great performance. I wish I could erase the cultural exposure that gives an automatic spoiler to books like this. It doesn't make a big difference to have a spoiler in books like Anna Karenina or Les Miserables, but it is everything in a book like this.

That being said, I'm still rating it full marks because it is such a powerful story: how shame and secrecy are destructive and the avenues we go down to cope with or suppress those feelings may bring temporary relief or even elation, but ultimately result in corruption and despair.

This is a hallmark study of addiction for a reason, but it can apply to any part of our "identity" that we have shame about as well as commentary on the social or religious pressures we have that encourage shame.

The more of life I experience the stronger I believe that shame is not from God and that humble honesty is the path to peace.