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Review: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Illustrated Classics): A Graphic Novel

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Illustrated Classics): A Graphic Novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Illustrated Classics): A Graphic Novel by Andrzej Klimowski
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This is the third format of which I have experienced the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. First was the original story, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by Stevenson himself, then the musical with David Hasselhoff (My favorite songs were This is the Moment, Alive, and Confrontation. These arn't the Hasselhoff versions because I like these better), and now this comic book. You might think that the reason I'm willing to relive so many reincarnations of this story is because I love it, but it's actually because of my quest to actually understand this story.

I don't know what it is, but there's something that keeps me from ever fully comprehending what goes on in this story. I was hoping this comic book would help me finally grasp what-the-heck goes on in this story, but to no avail. It did clear some things up at least.

Like I never knew that the whole reason Jekyll started taking the potion was because of his sexual fetish or whatever. I never got that before now. Actually that might have been the only thing this cleared up. I'm probably going to watch the animated movie next.

I feel like if you haven't read the original, this book might be confusing--and this is coming from me. You're better off just reading the original, it's only like 90 pages or something. Actually, to show you how invested I am, I'm going to physically go to my bookshelf and check my copy. Oh wow it's actually only 78 pages. You're welcome.

The art was alright. It looks like it was done in charcoal (and the cover done in watercolor) which was interesting. I've never read a book done in charcoal before. And maybe there's a reason for that. The people's faces were kinda iffy looking, but the backgrounds were generally nice at least.

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