An Audible Original, the story was read like an old radio drama, complete with sound effects, voice actor cast, and a realistic feel to the storytelling. What I thought was great was the audio aspects of the story. I thought the book would take more of an original take to the story, rather than changing the time period and gender of the main character. It kept the disturbing and dark elements, which I liked, but didn’t go darker or more disturbed than I expected. An exploration of human duality and forces of good and evil, this modern retelling is compelling and eerie and retains the disturbing nature of the original text.Ī decent retelling of the original Jekyll and Hyde. However, gradually her evil side gains strength until Dr Jekyll is overwhelmed by Eleanor Hyde, to disastrous consequences. For many years she manages to live under the radar, keeping her dark secret unknown to those around her. Title: Henrietta & Eleanor | Author: Libby Spurrier| Rating: 3/5ĭr Jekyll, a charming doctor, explores the possibility of dividing the dark and light side of her personality, but in doing this she creates a monster, Eleanor Hyde. A dark, foreboding retelling of Jekyll and Hyde, this time following a woman scientist who’s figured out how to separate the good and bad sides of her nature into two separate people.
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