The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Genre: Horror; Science Fiction; Classic
Reviewed by Tobi C., 9th Grade
Rating: 7/10
London, 1886.
Life can be rather boring when you don’t spend it with a flashy and fun job. Such was the case of Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield. Both would spend their evenings on silent walks together, never noticing anything new or interesting on their way. It’s safe to say life was decently boring for the two of them.
But on a certain walk one afternoon, the two come across a house made extremely different from the others surrounding it because of the lack of entrances. A door bolted shut, no windows, and no light from inside. A strange sight, to say the least.
Mr. Enfield recalls, seeming out of the blue, a shorter man trampling a young girl within an inch of her life near the house. The significance of his story is because of the doctor who tended to her: The strange, almost unsettling man with a strong Edinburgh accent and clean shaven face. One who Mr. Utterson recognized: Dr. Henry Jekyll.
Upon meeting with the man, he recalls the man is supposed to be dead. Henry brushes it off as nothing more than a mistake.
Therefore, the mystery begins. The strange man with a knack for violence under the name Mr. Hyde and a supposedly deceased doctor, Dr. Jekyll. What connects the two? How will Hyde’s unruly spurts of violence be answered?
At first, reading a book more than a hundred years old can be challenging due to the outdated language used. I chose to get into this book because of how much easier it was to read than I expected. This book has also been my favorite classic horror story for some time. I encourage anyone who enjoys Victorian horror to give this book a read!
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