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A review by dbroebuck96
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
5.0
This was such an action-packed and thought-provoking read. Wells's descriptions of the 'Beast-Men' are disturbing, so twisted from the torment of being experimented upon by the titular doctor that I came away feeling they were the victims in this book; the true villain instead being the irresponsible pursuit of knowledge and science, embodied here by Dr. Moreau. It is purely instinct that dictates how beasts behave, they are only acting as nature intended, but the same cannot be said of man:
"There is, though I do not know how there is or why there is, a sense of infinite peace and protection in the glittering hosts of heaven. There it must be, I think, in the vast and eternal laws of matter, and not in the daily cares and sins and troubles of men, that whatever is more than animal in us must find its solace and hope".
One of Wells' best.
"There is, though I do not know how there is or why there is, a sense of infinite peace and protection in the glittering hosts of heaven. There it must be, I think, in the vast and eternal laws of matter, and not in the daily cares and sins and troubles of men, that whatever is more than animal in us must find its solace and hope".
One of Wells' best.