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A Reader posted a review at 2007-09-24 12:45:03.
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Good read overall, very nice in the way of old-fashioned creepiness- I got this on an audiobook (unabridged) and I really liked the way it was written, with the language- good story, too, but it still wasn't one of my favorite books- I think it could have been a little more.... I don't want to say dramatic, but parts of it seemed to drag a little... although that did make the style of the book awesome. Really cool descriptions of the island, and all that though. Worth reading.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-11-28 07:43:18.
(Language: English)
Don't be a silly ass! Read this book.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-09-21 06:35:04.
(Language: English)
a vivid description of medical ethics gone awry! The comparison of the beasts to humanity is awesome!
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-08-23 08:31:57.
(Language: English)
Maybe my second favorite book after Lord of the Flies. Fun read and very thought provoking Sooooo gooooood!
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-09-15 09:29:21.
(Language: English)
Great book. Not very shocking, considering how far science has advanced these days. But parts of the novel are truly horrific. Particularly the parts that defy description, as when Prendrick lives with the Beast People for 10 months. He alludes to this period with few words, merely stating that the horror and grotesque condition can not be contained by words, and that he survived, which is all that matters. Way ahead of its time when it was written in the 1890s.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-08-23 09:24:28.
(Language: English)
I didn't care for this book.
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-08-29 01:30:03.
(Language: English)
I enjoyed this book. A good adventure yarn with a healthy dose of sci-fi horror thrown into the mix. The science is hugely questionable but correct in it's day (though modern discoveries have left it rather defunct) and raises many ethical issues. Really worth a look. Don't write it off just if you saw and failed to enjoy one of the appalling cinematic offerings.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-11-05 11:37:11.
(Language: English)
Hombre naufraga en isla remota donde científico loco juega a ser dios creando animales-humano. Un clásico!
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-09-25 01:08:50.
(Language: English)
Incredibly disturbing, and in some ways very moving for those of us who come to sympathize with the Beast People. The novel can be read in so many ways--colonial allegory, Biblical allegory, social commentary. It's a very fruitful text for anyone who likes to examine different layers of meaning. I enjoyed this much more than Wells' The Time Machine.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-09-27 11:53:06.
(Language: English)
I first read this book when the movie adaptation came out. It freaked out like no other novel did. Rereading it, I still find it a frightening vision. What I particularly enjoyed about this reread is how Wells' is using his story as a parable on human nature, science, and religion.
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Joe posted a review at 2011-11-30 03:25:53.
(Language: English)
Bad science, but who can't love a mad scientist playing God on an obscure island? Atmosphere great, though there's not really a plot. I wonder how I missed the old movie version: "Island of the Lost Souls"? 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-14 06:32:01.
(Language: English)
Quoique très prévisible dès qu'on découvre ce à quoi s'acharne le Dr Moreau, ce livre n'en est pas moins un excellent thriller. Et quand on pense à l'époque où ça a été écrit, c'est même impressionnant. Les tout débuts de la science-fiction.
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A Reader posted a review at 2011-03-16 12:06:19.
(Language: English)
Man in the beast or the beast in man? Fantastic fable!
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Rakesh posted a review at 2009-07-09 12:02:09.
(Language: English)
It's just about alright. The science fiction stuff is good. It's kinda aboit making humnas from animals.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-07-11 06:49:36.
(Language: English)
Great Sci Fi
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-02-26 10:38:42.
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A classic that everyone should read but not particularly my cup of tea.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-07-24 03:16:53.
(Language: English)
Very curious short story....
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-01-13 06:50:51.
(Language: English)
Creepy and weird. I sold it after I read it. I have decided that I really don't like H.G. Wells that much, or Jules Verne, either. It's like science fiction without much reliable science to make the story more convincing.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-10-24 04:23:52.
(Language: English)
A fiction classic that I've hear about for years and unfortunately waited this long to read it. A word of warning, however, the language in the book is from the late 19th century and several words have fallen out of common usage and may require a dictionary to ascertain the meaning.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-09-02 05:43:52.
(Language: English)
Hooked me right in with this structure of a story within a story, and the style of a scientific account kept me intrigued throughout. It did a lot of interesting exploring into the human psyche and condition. Plus, it was violent and animalistic. Full review: http://www.amazon.com/review/R12081CFVMJS59/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-08-23 04:39:39.
(Language: English)
This might be the darkest and most disturbing book I have ever read
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-09-21 06:42:11.
(Language: English)
another amazing book by an equally amazing author! The story of the survival of a man amongst vivisected animals is told with a look to the future. The comparison of humanity with the beasts is awesome!
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-02-12 07:54:01.
(Language: English)
An enjoyable, readable, if not gripping novel with a nice basic structure but a rather too matter of fact delivery. What made this book valuable to me was Moreau. Against the somewhat drab background of the narrator's chronicaling, the passionate, active, yet deeply vulnerable personality of Moreau stands out briefly but brightly.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-10-31 06:02:55.
(Language: English)
Splendid...horrific imagination..makes you sit up through the narration..
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-03-20 04:41:03.
(Language: English)
It's hard to see, as the introduction explained, the first generation of readers thinking the book was meant only to be disturbing, thus missing the allegory. Wells splays humans self-righteous attitudes alive with Moreau's vivisected monsters, reformed in their maker's image (love the analogy: Beast Folk:The Law/Ones With the Whip::Humans:Religion/God). I especially appreciated Prendick's difficulty, like a demilitarized soldier, reintegrating himself with society upon his escape and rescue from the Doctor's sickening satire of the human condition. Seeing actual men and women as travesties of humanity aswell and fearing the same is true of himself, Prendick spends his life in solitude, reading books, star-gazing, and hoping the idealized man does exist and we are more than beasts, if only distinguished by our hope in itself. "These are not men that have us. They are animals."
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