“The Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Review written by Diana
Iozzia
What a fantastic and morbid novel. Naturally, I had known
about this story all of my life until I was very fortunate to read it in
English class, I’ve read it thrice since.
This is a bone-chilling and grotesque novel, for the time
period, but it still holds its terror-inducing chills and thrills to this day.
The dark, spooky London streets are haunted by a mysterious monster man, known
as Mr. Edward Hyde. Why has our narrator, Mr. Utterson, noticed this Mr. Hyde
lurking around the home and laboratory of his dear friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll?
I love this novel for more than the deep and intriguing
descriptions and interesting plot. You see the descent of madness that Dr.
Jekyll endures in his letters and diaries. You also see the destruction of the
man he once was, juxtaposed with the monster, Mr. Hyde.
I love science fiction, and I believe that this is the second-best
science fiction known to man, losing to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”.
Unfortunately, I will never be able to not know the secret
behind Mr. Hyde. It’s on par with many literary and film twists, that once you
know the secret, you would never read the story the same way. It would have
been lovely to read this novel before knowing the truth about Mr. Hyde and Dr.
Jekyll, but even so, this is a fantastic read. I almost forgot the secret, if
that helps.
I often find myself emerged in a book or story, then
completely lose faith or lose interest. This happened in the first chapter, but
that’s it? It felt like a slow start to me, but then I was more enraptured than
I thought I could be.
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