The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Summary: My book review on this book.
Review: This book is a normal book for my liking. The plot was a little strange at the begining, but I was able to pick it up the farther I read into it. I liked the setting in the 1800's era where not to much was known about the scientific world. The only thing that kept me glued into the story is the characters. Mr. Jekyll had a problem being lonely, while Mr. Hyde was crazy like a young teenager. When he killed the Dr., then the story was more exciting. Overall, I think everyone should read this book just because it is classic horror.

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Summary: The Boring Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Review: A man and a monster. In this novella, Stevenson explores the existence of both within one body, and the fine line separating one from the other, examining human nature's internal conflicts.

Set in 19th century England, this is a story of Dr. Henry Jekyll's struggle to understand the bipolar natures within a person, competing for dominance. Told in both third and first person from his two best friends, Mr. Utterson, his lawyer, and Dr. Lanyon, the tale encompasses his experimentation in isolating these two personalities, finally taking it to the point of performing said isolation on himself, leading to the creation of Mr. Edward Hyde, representative of the doctor's dark side, and his perodic and ever-increasing control of Jekyll. Concurrently, a strange man, mysterious in that he is afflicted with what is called a deformity by all he meets, yet cannot be described, comes to town, bringing with him a suspicious string of murders. As the pieces of this mystery are put together, one can draw from the text that a wise man will leave nature to its own course.

Although the book tells a fascinating story, character development leaves a lot to be desired here. The language is somewhat archaic, and Stevensn spends most of the book beating around the bush, making it a fairly dry read. Suspense or science-fiction-lovers, along with anyone of vivid imagination, can appreciate this book, so long as they possess the attention span to get past the first ten pages. On a scale of one to five, despite its promise of psychological adventure, "Jekyll and Hyde" only manages a three. Perhaps Stevenson would have been more captivating, had he only been less long-winded.

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Summary: "Scary" Book
Review: I thought this book was pretty good. This book was a great English thriller who horrified the English people in old England. I gave the book four stars because at some points it got confusing. The book was meant to be scary but today it is nothing compared to what we have today. The story is about a man name Dr. Jekyll who creats a potion to turn him into another man named Mr. Hyde so he can do his dirty work. The book is suspenseful and is a great mystery. The surprise ending and constant suspense builds this book up to be a pretty good book. This book could have been better if it had more mystery and more action. I also think the book could have been written in 10 pages or less (this book is for everybody who peeks at the end before finishing). Other than that I would recomend it to mystery and horror lovers.

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Summary: The extremely strange case of Dr. Jekll and Mr. Hyde
Review: The strange case of Dr. Jekll and Mr. Hyde is a great book. It is filled with action, thrill, and horror. I thought that Robert "Bobby" Lewis Stevenson did a great job setting the time back in London, 1886, during the industrial revolution. I also thought that the book was very provokial. It really made me think about how how each and every one of us has the potential to be a Mr. Hyde. Another thing i liked about this book is that it was a great psychological thriller. I really enjoyed reading it, and wojuld recomend it to anyone who can read, throught the ages of 10 - too old to read.

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Summary: Not as horrifying as I thought
Review: I thought this book had very little horror in it at all. Even in the 1800s, when Robert Louis Stevenson wrote it, I still don't see how it could be horrifying to people in those days. I thought this book did not have black and white answers to questions. I also thought this book was way to long with 54 pages. I think it could have been put into a 20-page book and still have the same content of a 54-page book. I think that this was also very boring. I mean the best part was when Dr. Lanyon wrote that Mr. Hyde came to his house, mixed up a potion, and he turned into Dr. Jekyll. That has very little excitement to it. When I was going to read this book I thought it was going to be very scary and that I would be on the edge of my seat. Well neither of those things happened. In fact I just wanted to get the book finished so I could start a more exciting book. Those are my feelings on the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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Summary: Yes, that's right, The STRANGE Case
Review: The so-called "thriller" of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde seemed like more of a sci-fi mystery to me. The narration of killings was not descriptive enough to fit in the category of thrillers such as Stephen King's Desperation. (Great book, by the way) It didn't mention how the blood ran down Sir Danvers Carew's mangled body. It just kind of let the reader's imagination picture that on its own, and this fact may have made the story a little dull for those with not such great imaginations.

The story left me thinking about many things. What kind of conflict took place in the novel? Was it man vs. man, himself, or nature? Is an experiment of this type possible? Did Jekyll really have control of his body? Who committed suicide, Hyde, or Jekyll? Did they really commit suicide? These questions are left unanswered in my head, but at least I have something to ponder upon.

However, I am not saying that this book was a complete failure. First of all, I am sure that it ran chills up the spines of the people in 19th century England who read this book when it was first published. The ever-so-popular T.V. show, the X-files was not in existence to ready one's mind for the violence that went on in this book. People were not used to hearing about killings in stories; this review would've been different back then. Also, this book contained a wonderful plot. The idea of creating a potion to divide one's evil from their good is very interesting. It is the style that makes you want to stay up all night to finish the novel, when you didn't even need to. This is another problem with this book. It was too short. Brilliant authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson need to make longer novels with more then one problem. This is how Steven King has succeeded thus far in his career. Stevenson could have added some extra conflict to the story and still been able to turn out a masterpiece. In fact, this would've added to its popularity. You don't judge a book by it's cover, so why it's thickness. This is a wonderful example of this statement, and I would recommend it to anyone with a good imagination.

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Summary: A Thriller Past It's Prime
Review: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde used to be known as a "Shilling Shocker." For many years, it certainly was a "shocker" but by contemporary standards it is certainly past it's prime. I still found it very intriguing (it could be considered the world's first psychological thriller). The manner in which Stevenson writes is very fitting to The Strange Case. It is interesting to mentally piece together all of the parts which Stevenson includes. For anyone who is willing to put themselves in another time period, the book should be great. It's most interesting component is the way the "mystery" is presented, through the eyes of an attorney. Nothing is clear, everything is left to be interpretted by the reader. This clouded view makes the book as mysterious as it is. Throughout most of the story, it is unclear if Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are one. A disturbing link is always portrayed between the two however.

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Summary: What I Think About The Strange Case of Dr. J and Mr. H
Review: Just a couple of days ago I read The Strange Case and it changed the way I look at books. It was a pretty good book and I liked it for the most part. The suspense in the story is wonderful and I especially liked the part when Utterson and Poole were trying to solve the case. I also liked the part when Utterson found the letters that solved the case. But their are also downfalls to the story, first of all the story is to long, you could have wrote this story on 5 pages. This story was really bad at getting down to the point. It seemed like for the first 25 pages the story was really dull and your thinking to yourself when is this story going to get to the point. Another bad thing about this story is that it makes you angry because their are so many bad things happening in this world today where ever you look. The major place where you see bad things is on the news, you never seem to hear about the good things in life any more. I thought that this story was okay; even though everyone should read it sometime in their life.

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Summary: Good
Review: The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 19th century thriller about a man who unlocks his evil alter ego and pays a terrible price for it. Before I even began the first sentence, this book interested my as a member of that practically non-existent genre of books about man against himself. When I began to read I was happy to find that the book lived up to my expectations in portraying the happy go lucky docter who winds up paying for his innocence. The book isn't much of a horror book, though. It is more of a tragedy of the greek variety. If you are looking for a horror book, I suggest you pick up 'The Shining' by Steven King. But if you are looking at an interesting a thought provocing story that you may not want to put down, this is the book for you.

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Summary: The Oldies Thriller
Review: Robert Lewis Stevenson's psychological thriller was horrifyng... if you lived in late 1800's during the industrial revolution. To me it was a story 52 pages long that could have been summed up in about 20. However, despite its shortcomings, it did present me with a few mind twisters. These spiced it up a bit when the action was getting dull but over all there weren't enough. Another high point of the book were the different perspectives it gave. It was worthwhile to hear different opinions on what was going on. MARQUETTE HIGH RULES!!!