jekyll and hyde

Jekyll and Hyde

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

November 27, 2023 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

Althought I had never read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I thought I had a basic understanding of the storyline about a man who through a series of events creates a split personality within himself, one good and one evil. Imagine my surprise when I actually read this book and I discovered I was very wrong about most of this story, and my understanding of what it was about was heavily influenced by the Jekyll and Hyde musical. There is no […]

Splash down with Ninteenth Century Evil Science

August 20, 2017 by CoffeeShopReader 4 Comments

The basic storyline is thus: a group of daughters/creations of infamous literary scientists band together for self-protection and sisterhood, have adventures, and solve crimes. We have Mary Jekyll, the leader, Diana Hyde the wild and bratty little sister, Beatrice Rappaccini the beauty, Catherine Moreau the fierce one, and Justine Frankenstein the strong one. They are assisted by Mrs. Poole the housekeeper, Alice the maid, and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as themselves. Their main target of investigation is Société des Alchemistes, a shadowy organization to […]

Jen K on Soooooo GoodOh, I loved this trilogy. It’s funny, it’s one that I held off on reading after being burned by too many YA trilogies that start...
MsWas on “Those little bastards were hiding out there in the tall grass.”Very interesting! I read Huckleberry Finn a couple of times many many years ago. I'll be checking this one out too.
faintingviolet on Queer fantasy novella feat. shape-shifting, mammoths.Added to my to read list! My library has the audio of this and the first in the series.
Fiat.Luxury on A Quiet Book About Surviving AloneOh this sounds so interesting! Thanks for the review.
narfna on “fear is an anchor, but it’s also a bridge”The problem is that it was barely written at all. It was like a placeholder sex scene. I don't have it with me, but it...

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