Last week while I was at my weekly trip to Starbucks, I pulled out my Kindle and decided it was time to get started on my list of books to read. I had a few downloaded to my Kindle and decided to randomly pick one. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde won.
I found the book to be a quick read, helped by the fact that it was much shorter than I anticipated. Of course I know the basic story, although some of the details were gleaned from the musical Jekyll & Hyde that came out while I was in college. No, sadly, no musical numbers in Stevenson's book. But I continued on. The story really kicked in for me towards the end when a letter from Dr. Jekyll detailing his transformation, how it started, etc. was included. I thought it was really interesting to think about how we are all Dr. Jekyll in a way in our every day lives. Maybe not quite as "good" as the character in the book, but we trudge on every day, doing the best we can, squelching our more basic id-like urges. We don't let our inner Mr. Hyde's out to play, despite those instances when we really really want to. At first Hyde is just a way for Jekyll to be someone he's not, someone who can do all the things Jekyll suppresses. But we're told that the more and more we let Hyde out the more he will take over until we can't find ourselves anymore and we will eventually be lost.
While I don't give the book raving reviews, it was an enjoyable read. I won't be deleting it any time soon we'll just say. If you're looking for a quick break from what you usually read this might be a good book to pick up.
One down, 9 to go.
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