The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stephenson became book number 8 this week. Strictly speaking it is only a novella, which is a posh way of saying it's longer than a short story and shorter than the average book but it's on the list so it had to be read.
I don't really know what I was expecting when I started this one. I think I thought this was going to be an early horror novel. I was expected a lot more suspense and a bit more brutality. Maybe in its day it was shocking but today it's quite lame really. I'm hoping there aren't too many more disappointments or this challenge is going to prove very tedious.
Treasure Island and Kidnapped by Stephenson are also on the list but I'm going to put these off for later. Next book in the challenge I'm hitting is Cop Hater by Ed McBain. I need a few more modern pieces to keep me interested.
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