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An excellent romp that sees the daughter of Dr. Jekyll uncovering a mystery that involves not only her father's legacy but a number of well-known extremely ethically challenged scientists from gothic literature, with the help of none other than Sherlock Holmes and eventually the daughters and subjects of the scientists' malignant work.
Goss's skillfully ties together the figures from her various sources, so it feels organic for the most part instead of a glib blender of mad scientists, and it's ...more
Goss's skillfully ties together the figures from her various sources, so it feels organic for the most part instead of a glib blender of mad scientists, and it's ...more
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An enjoyable if feather-light mashup of Victorian monster fiction, from the POV of the daughters.
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I was worried about this one. I loved the title (and the cover!) but was concerned by the list of characters. I thought it might lean too heavily on other books. And it does not! The writing style is wonderful, the characters are well-drawn, the questions raised are interesting, and the adventure is just fun.
This started slow but then grew on me enough that I'm going to look for the next. I appreciated the chance to meet the characters through their interjections and then see how they appeared in the story as well.
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This is my kind of sisterhood! Women taking charge of their lives. And using nineteenth century gothic fiction to do it. Best crossover fanfic I've read in a long while.
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Fun read. Not the best writing but should read the next one.
Oct 08, 2016
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