In three different states I now have stashes of books I need to get around to reading. One of these places, of course, is St. Louis. So whenever I go home I stomp down the steps into the basement and find a few books to read so that one day I can catch up. My first St. Louis read was The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells. One of my reasons for choosing this book was that it was so skinny! What an easy way to try and make it to my 60 books this year goal (not gonna happen - but I'll keep trying until the end!). Also, it is a classic so I can hopefully mark it off on my reading list book. I had seen a terrible movie adaptation back in the day. I only watched it because it had the beautiful Fairuza Balk. So my expectations weren't extremely high for this book. I probably don't need to go into the plot since I'm sure everyone has seen one of the movies or heard about it, but crazy scientist + animal experiments + lonely island. It was an okay read. Quick and painless, but I never felt for the main character. I didn't really root for him to get off the island, in fact I kept thinking I hope an animal kills this little cry baby soon! Maybe because I love animals more than people I found his looking down on these humany animal creatures a bit offensive. You think you're so great you goddamn hairless ape!?
It's a classic so I guess I'd recommend reading it, but not really.
- Megan Leigh
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There have been two other film adaptations I've seen. If you can see the old black and white one - that's great.
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