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Anne House of Dreams LM Montgomery 9780207157202 Books

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Anne House of Dreams LM Montgomery 9780207157202 Books Reviews

The beloved Anne series produces a wonderful milestone with this novel. Anna turns the chapter into adulthood and a more mature nature blossoms in Anne's character. The plot is fresh and many new elements, character's, and settings set the tone for the novel's to follow. Delightful!
I've never read this story before and I've always heard a lot about it. Here we meet a doctor with the best intentions for all those around him. However, we see that best intentions don't justify the actions. Here we meet a man who ends up by no choice of his own on the 'Island of Dr. Moreau'. We see his journey of seeing something and not understanding it. Like many people he see's something small and thinks something completely different going on that what is. It doesn't make it right. We see his journey to come to an understanding of what he saw. We also see what happens when you do something for what you 'perceive' as the 'right thing' shouldn't really be done.
As a first time reader of the book series (but a many time lover of the movies), I truly sighed at the completion of this book. I fell in love with the new characters I met and cried as I connected with different events of the book. A wonderful read for anyone and always a great way to boost your vocabulary! )
I am a BIG science fiction fan and just read The Island of Dr. Moreau. After reading so many other sci. fi. novels and stories, this wasn't very shocking to me (I've just read Tad William's Otherland), but I can see how it would've been shocking to readers long ago, or to those who have never read this sort of mad scientist story. Very dated in many. many ways, but this is true of all things written a long time ago. I feel that I would need to explain some of the vocabulary and point of reference if my teenage children where to read it.
The imagination of H. G. Wells amazes me whenever I read his stories. This one delves into the soul of mankind and suggests that apart from our dependence upon a higher power that established for us some kind of law and order in our lives we would resort to the worst in our human nature. We survive because we have hope. While religion is not mentioned, this describes the nature of a relationship with God. Sinful human nature needs the law of God to establish order and when the law is ignored, society degenerates to lawlessness and selfishness and greed take over. Hope for a renewed relationship with the Creator sustains us and we find that in Jesus Christ.
I was pleasantly surprised by this novel. I knew the premise of the story and had seen the terrible movie adaptations, but I'd never read the work by H.G. Wells himself. This was a perfect example of the axiom that "the book is always better than the movie."

The novel is well-written, fast-paced, and truly intriguing, if not downright disturbing. Sure, it's dated -- how could it not be? -- it was written in 1897. However, nothing central to the story is noticeable as being out of date, and the time frame in which the story takes place is an element that only adds to the atmosphere while reading. It feels like a "period piece" to some degree.

The characters, their ambitions, the protagonist's war against insanity and his fight for self-preservation, the doctors' moral compromises and failures -- these and other ugly components of the human condition are on display here, and it's riveting.

Presently I'm reading the earliest publishing of Shelley's Frankenstein, then onto to other works by H.G. Wells. I guess there's a reason these titles are considered classics, no?
I am making my way through the classics. Of course there are many by H.G. Wells on the list and I am glad for that. The Island of Doctor Moreau is bone-crunching goodness. What an imagination! I had seen an old movie based on this book so my expectations were high - I was not disappointed. A few scenes were slow or vague and that is the only reason I gave it a four and not a five star rating.

This version is nice and I didn't notice any significant errors or issues. I may have been too engrossed into the story to take note. -)

For those of you wondering about the reading level, the Lexile score is 990L. You can read more about Lexile measurements on their website. As a comparison, book one of Harry Potter is 880L, Hunger Games is 810L, and Lightning Thief is 740L. Some of the scenes in The Island of Doctor Moreau are a bit icky and suspenseful. Use your best judgment when selecting this for younger kids. It may be suitable for 12 and up. Just my opinion.

Enjoy!
Very moving.