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A review by criticalgayze
The Island of Doctor Moreau and Other Stories by H.G. Wells
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This is the second book that I read as a part of my project of pairing Edwin Frank’s Stranger Than Fiction with the 20th century works that he writes about in his book.
On the whole, I don’t have much to say about this book, it was largely void of impact. Reminiscent of the short story The Most Dangerous Game, this book had the same exciting yet problematized nature of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and I’m not completely sure of Frank’s thesis that this book had an impact that Frankenstein did not have decades prior. If anything, Frank’s essay on this book and Wells more broadly has me more interested in the author’s social fiction, which makes him sound like a sort of early 20th century Dickensian writer.
On the whole, I don’t have much to say about this book, it was largely void of impact. Reminiscent of the short story The Most Dangerous Game, this book had the same exciting yet problematized nature of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and I’m not completely sure of Frank’s thesis that this book had an impact that Frankenstein did not have decades prior. If anything, Frank’s essay on this book and Wells more broadly has me more interested in the author’s social fiction, which makes him sound like a sort of early 20th century Dickensian writer.