Reviews

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson

jake_wilkinson's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

eraofevergreens's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ladyjane1114's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It was definitely good, but I’m more of a Treasure Island gal. He managed to be scarier in that one than he did in this, but that could also just be the fact that I’m in the unfortunate case of having known the twist for almost 140 years, which isn’t the authors fault 😅

mattycameira's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-paced

3.75

valsometimesreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Classic for a reason, good for its time and highly influential for a “split personality” horror. 

I feel you can definitely tell it was a penny dreadful, this was harder to read compared to other horror works of the time like Frankenstein. What I found more interesting was the emphasis on hubris and morality, which still rings true today.

And obviously RLS is an iconic author, it was cool to read a non-adventure book from him 

thedeadwoods's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

abee_3_c's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

florm's review against another edition

2.0

No era lo que esperaba, aunque lo leí hace 4 años, tal vez debería darle una relectura...

emandeeb's review against another edition

4.0

I thought I know the story but it turned out that i did not.

anna_sofie992's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25