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silviasbookreviews's review against another edition
4.0
La trama gira en torno al misterioso amigo del respetado Doctor Jekyll: el señor Hyde. Todo aquel que tiene la desgracia de encontrarse con el violento y desagradable señor Hyde, acaba sintiendo una especie de repulsión natural hacia él. Siempre creando problemas de los que luego el honorable Doctor Jekyll se acaba haciendo cargo, lleva a que el narrador de esta historia e íntimo amigo del Doctor, el abogado Utterson, investigue la extraña relación que une a estos dos hombres tan opuestos. Es una novella que se lee muy rápido y que enseguida te atrapa. Ansioso por querer saber más y más sobre el motivo de la extraña protección del Doctor de tan horrible personaje, te acabas devorando el libro en santiamén.
La concepción que tenía de la historia era completamente distinta a lo que en realidad es, pensé que iba a estar más centrada en los crímenes cometidos por el señor Hyde. Aún así, tampoco he quedado decepcionada, he disfrutado mucho de la lectura y, a pesar de conocer ya la naturaleza de la relación entre los dos personajes por ser este un relato bastante popular, sentía curiosidad por saber cómo se iba a desvelar el misterio. Es una novella que, cuánto más la hemos analizado y trabajado en clase, más me ha gustado
La concepción que tenía de la historia era completamente distinta a lo que en realidad es, pensé que iba a estar más centrada en los crímenes cometidos por el señor Hyde. Aún así, tampoco he quedado decepcionada, he disfrutado mucho de la lectura y, a pesar de conocer ya la naturaleza de la relación entre los dos personajes por ser este un relato bastante popular, sentía curiosidad por saber cómo se iba a desvelar el misterio. Es una novella que, cuánto más la hemos analizado y trabajado en clase, más me ha gustado
oliviasimmonds's review against another edition
2.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde only covered 20% of the book, the rest was the other stories. Sadly I hated the other stories, they seemed to be forgettable and often difficult to understand. I think it took a long time for me to read this as I really didn't want to pick it up again. I would like to read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde again to see if my rating were biased because of the other stories. Overall not an enjoyable collection of stories for light reading.
novel_ideas's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
marathecook's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
i mean it wasn’t terrible but it was hard to get into at the beginning
erynblanchard's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
refrejarator's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Genuinely thrilling and creepy, which I don't often find for older books. This is a classic that still holds up today.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body horror, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
Period typical racism and colonialism.bookdeviant's review against another edition
I only read The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, so that's all this review will be for.
Personally, I thought this was very intriguing, but what got me in the end was the formatting. First off, my copy had the bottom of the pages cut off, so sometimes I didn't get to read the entire paragraph. At other points, the entire page was a single paragraph, and I'd find myself falling asleep. Especially in the last chapter of Jekyll and Hyde.
The story itself was interesting. I wasn't expecting it to come in the point of view of a character I've never heard of before, and I really wasn't expecting the reasoning behind Hyde.
Overall, decent story, crappy formatting and somewhat okay writing.
Personally, I thought this was very intriguing, but what got me in the end was the formatting. First off, my copy had the bottom of the pages cut off, so sometimes I didn't get to read the entire paragraph. At other points, the entire page was a single paragraph, and I'd find myself falling asleep. Especially in the last chapter of Jekyll and Hyde.
The story itself was interesting. I wasn't expecting it to come in the point of view of a character I've never heard of before, and I really wasn't expecting the reasoning behind Hyde.
Overall, decent story, crappy formatting and somewhat okay writing.
cliobemuzedbookworm's review against another edition
1.0
I'm a huge supporter of the idea that once you start a book you have to finish it. However, I think exceptions should be made where short story collections are involved. I finished The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, though it took me forever, and even started reading the second story hoping that would prove more entertaining, but finally I decided that the only reason I started reading this volume was for the famous jekyll and hyde story so there was no point in dragging myself through the rest of the volume when I didn't even enjoy the main story. I somehow never got into the story, the narrative was slow and somewat boring and I found myself reading it on automatic pilot. So, I decided to hand in the gauntlet and decided not to read te rest of the stories in this volume.
ohbookisme'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
3.0