A review by postcordillera
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No
I didn't know anything about the book before going in. I had no idea that the experiments were
animal to human instead of the reverse
and somehow that makes it worse. The disturbing conclusion is that
humanity vs beast aren't binary categories but rather the ends of a spectrum that individuals move between
, and it's unsettling to not know who or what they are at that point in time.