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Author: Daniel Levine | Language: English | ISBN: B00E78IH0Q | Format: PDF, EPUB

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What happens when a villain becomes a hero?

Mr. Hyde is trapped, locked in Dr. Jekyll’s surgical cabinet, counting the hours until his inevitable capture. As four days pass, he has the chance, finally, to tell his story—the story of his brief, marvelous life.

Summoned to life by strange potions, Hyde knows not when or how long he will have control of “the body.” When dormant, he watches Dr. Jekyll from a remove, conscious of this other, high-class life but without influence. As the experiment continues, their mutual existence is threatened, not only by the uncertainties of untested science, but also by a mysterious stalker. Hyde is being taunted—possibly framed. Girls have gone missing; someone has been killed. Who stands, watching, from the shadows? In the blur of this shared consciousness, can Hyde ever be confident these crimes were not committed by his hand?

“You may think you know Dr. Jekyll, but this Hyde is a different beast altogether."—Jon Clinch, author of Finn

"Prepare to be seduced by literary devilry! Go back to Victorian times to find a very postmodern whodunit. Visceral prose, atmosphere you could choke on, characters who seem to be at your very shoulder."—Ronald Frame, author of Havisham

"Hyde brings into the light the various horrors still hidden in the dark heart of Stevenson’s classic tale of monstrosity and addiction. Devious and ingenious, it is a blazing triumph of the gothic imagination."—Patrick McGrath, author of Asylum

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• File Size: 2410 KB
• Print Length: 417 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0544191188
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (March 18, 2014)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00E78IH0Q
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• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,771 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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I am always amazed when authors take on the re-telling (or in this case, interpreting) of a classic. seems like a dangerous enterprise in terms of opening the door to unflattering comparisons. Mr. Levine doesn't seem worried-- he even includes the original Stevenson story at the end of "Hyde". I thought that made for a very interesting contrast, it also showed how a Victorian Era writer needed to be more creative than a writer in our "show-all, tell-all" times.

I started reading with enthusiasm and then faced a pretty big clunker on page one or two-- where the author dates the narrative in 1886, and then has the character referencing atomic particles, an anachronism that clanged. Anyhow, I persevered. [Mr. Walton caught me out on this point! See the below comment for a brief 'schooling' on the history of the atom]

Levine is one heck of a writer, his descriptive abilities are the best part of the book-- although sometimes they can get a bit gruesome and uncomfortable. This isn't a pretty picture of Victorian London, this is grimy, smell, depraved and hellish in many, many ways.

The telling of the story is done in a manner which evokes a dream state, which works sometimes, but sometimes seems to get a bit droning in nature (I really noticed this when I read the original book, which is much punchier in delivery).

I did not view Hyde as a hero, as one of the blurbs claims. It would be more accurate to say that his own behavior is often justified by his own voice, which he never had in the original, which is Jeckyll's story. But even his persuasive telling of the story isn't enough to hide the fact that he is still a deeply unhingy character, as is Jeckyll.

I'm generally not a fan of the classics, I've never read the original 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' and after reading this I'm certain I never will. I did try to listen to the audio version with my daughter last year after we'd finished the audiobook of 'Dracula', which we both loved. We agreed Dr. Jekyll was no Dracula and we gave it up to try something more to our liking.

I think reading this as a fan of the original could work for or against Levine. It's always a risk to take something that is well loved and make it into something new. I understand how readers might not like to see what he's done to one of their all-time favorites. Having no love or affection for the original I thought 'Hyde' was fascinating and well done, the duality of Henry Jekyll versus Edward Hyde was perfectly pitched.

I loved the way the author narrated the story from Hyde's perspective, we come to know and sympathize with him and through his eyes we see Jekyll and their shared history. Suffering abuse at the hands of a disturbed father clearly impacts the inner workings of Jekyll's mind and creates the infamous Mr. Hyde who has stayed hidden for over thirty years. Now as Jekyll approaches his fiftieth birthday, Hyde emerges to act on Jekyll's desires, free to be himself without the repression or constraints of his position in society. Initially born to protect Henry, Edward also feels the resentment and rivalry of a sibling. While we know the end of their story won’t be a happy one it’s fascinating to see how it all evolves.

Events are vividly described, colors, smells, clothing, sounds, the weather are all portrayed with exacting detail as is the madness. I like details and I like gritty dark fiction so this book and I got along quite well.

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