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The nature of mankind
Good vs. Evil
We all have both sides existing within us, to say other wise would be false.
Fantastic story, one to ponder over and reflect about ones self.
Good vs. Evil
We all have both sides existing within us, to say other wise would be false.
Fantastic story, one to ponder over and reflect about ones self.
Tim Pigott-Smith reads Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic tale of the monstrous Mr Hyde, who stalks the streets of London, filling the bourgeois society with terror.
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4.5 stars rounded up.
I listened to the free audiobook on Audible, and it was excellent.
What a wonderful surprise this book is. I wasn't expecting the themes to resonate so beautifully with me. Stevenson's commentary of good versus evil, the duality of man, societal conformity, friendship, faith in one another and hope are all so well-done and moving.
Most of us have an idea about this story, but I think if you read this slim volume you would find moments with such intense insight that you would b ...more
I listened to the free audiobook on Audible, and it was excellent.
What a wonderful surprise this book is. I wasn't expecting the themes to resonate so beautifully with me. Stevenson's commentary of good versus evil, the duality of man, societal conformity, friendship, faith in one another and hope are all so well-done and moving.
Most of us have an idea about this story, but I think if you read this slim volume you would find moments with such intense insight that you would b ...more
Summer 2018, audiobook:
A re-read, but after so much time had passed I didn't remember much of it. There are many people who complain this tale is no longer what the future has made of it. The horror and gaucheness never existing and making for a let down in a world focused on the racing plot, the jumpscares, and the brutality of immeadiate violence.
I feels there is so much richer to be found in this tale as it was written, a case study of events that makes the reader have to trust a number of ...more
A re-read, but after so much time had passed I didn't remember much of it. There are many people who complain this tale is no longer what the future has made of it. The horror and gaucheness never existing and making for a let down in a world focused on the racing plot, the jumpscares, and the brutality of immeadiate violence.
I feels there is so much richer to be found in this tale as it was written, a case study of events that makes the reader have to trust a number of ...more
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