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The Island of Doctor Moreau
by H.G. Wells
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3.5/5
A curious novella from H.G. Wells. Edward Prendick finds himself on a mysterious island after being rescued at sea. Dr Moreau and his assistant Montgomery have been conducting experiments on this island and soon Prendick becomes all too well acquainted with the results.
- The Island of Doctor Moreau is a book that makes you think. It summons forth questions regarding humanity, ethics, morality. What makes a human?
- The prose in this book is definitely of its time. Despite being only 140-odd pages long, this took quite a bit of concentration to work through the Victorian style of writing. Some of it was definitely overworked and could have been more concise.
- The Beast People were easily the most interesting and, ironically, the characters I empathised with most in this book. They oddly seemed more understandable and relatable than the human characters.
If you like books that make you think and question, early sci-fi or simply novellas, you could do much worse than this.
A curious novella from H.G. Wells. Edward Prendick finds himself on a mysterious island after being rescued at sea. Dr Moreau and his assistant Montgomery have been conducting experiments on this island and soon Prendick becomes all too well acquainted with the results.
- The Island of Doctor Moreau is a book that makes you think. It summons forth questions regarding humanity, ethics, morality. What makes a human?
- The prose in this book is definitely of its time. Despite being only 140-odd pages long, this took quite a bit of concentration to work through the Victorian style of writing. Some of it was definitely overworked and could have been more concise.
- The Beast People were easily the most interesting and, ironically, the characters I empathised with most in this book. They oddly seemed more understandable and relatable than the human characters.
If you like books that make you think and question, early sci-fi or simply novellas, you could do much worse than this.