edwardian_girl_next_door 's review for:

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

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I listened to the audiobook read by Alan Howard, one of my favourite actors, and it definitely enhanced my absorption of the story! His cadence, pauses, voices, and emphases all made the tale even more unsettling, even though it's such a famous story with a famous plot twist. Stevenson's word choice is so rich and fruitful that I was at pains to hang onto every word to see where the sentence took me. I also appreciated the horror of vagueness about Hyde -- I think it an underdone trope in the genre, and it's certainly more effective for me than lurid descriptions. I definitely want to look into more of Stevenson's writing because I enjoyed this one so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Suicide, Violence

Minor: Classism