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A review by zxcvbnmackie
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
4.0
The main character is a shipwrecked man named Edward Prendick (let’s call him Eddie). Eddie finds himself in a dinghy after the sinking of the ship called the “Lady Vain”. - 8 days later on that dinghy and things aren’t looking good for Eddie. Starving and weak, it looks like he’s about to punch his ticket. However, he wakes up on a schooner having been saved by a chap called Montgomery. The schooner they’re on is heading for an island.
Eddie and Montgomery find themselves at said island and are met by the strange scientist called Moreau (who creates human/beast hybrids by means of vivisection). From that moment on, madness progressively ensues. What happens throughout this story I found to be intense, gasp-worthy, and rather chaotic.
Overall, a well told story concerning a conglomeration of themes. Chiefly, the difficulty of survival, the outcomes of physical and social suffering and the fragile correlation that exists within the triad of moral insight, intelligence and insanity. Primarily, it is an example of the consequences aligned with playing god and tampering with Mother Nature.
Eddie and Montgomery find themselves at said island and are met by the strange scientist called Moreau (who creates human/beast hybrids by means of vivisection). From that moment on, madness progressively ensues. What happens throughout this story I found to be intense, gasp-worthy, and rather chaotic.
Overall, a well told story concerning a conglomeration of themes. Chiefly, the difficulty of survival, the outcomes of physical and social suffering and the fragile correlation that exists within the triad of moral insight, intelligence and insanity. Primarily, it is an example of the consequences aligned with playing god and tampering with Mother Nature.