Reviews - The Island of Dr. Moreau Annotated

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The Island of Dr. Moreau Annotated

H.G. Wells

3.56 AVERAGE

v_dud's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

elsieols's review against another edition

3.0

This book makes me FURIOUS. It raises some good questions about ethics in scientific experimentation, but I’d like to see how Dr. Moreau likes being vivisected. Justice for

the puma.

tracymiller13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sanniiee's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lesserjoke's review against another edition

3.0

This H.G. Wells novel about a mad scientist and his animal-human hybrids is justifiably a classic, and a clear precursor to modern "biopunk" stories like The Rook or Leviathan. I was also surprised to recognize its influence on Jurassic Park, with its plot of biomedical experiments breaking free and taking over their island home, and on Flowers for Algernon, with its themes of intelligence backsliding into chaos. The Island of Dr. Moreau is a little slow-paced and expository by modern standards, but it never overstays its welcome. And even over a hundred years since its publication, it remains a chilling glimpse of the potentials of science unmoored from ethics.