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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter - Community Reviews back

by Theodora Goss
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Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it 5 years ago
A clever, fun book that does interesting things with form, provides a ripping yarn starring strong women and evil men and does everything it can to subvert the Patriarchical view of the world. It requires a little patience at the beginning as the reader works out what is going on and how it's being ...
Abandoned by user
Abandoned by user rated it 6 years ago
This book was sort of adorable. The main character is Mary Jekyll, daughter of Dr. Jekyll. Over the course of the book she goes broke, learns her father's secrets, teams up with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, saves the life of Justine Frankenstein and solves the Ripper murders. The Strange Case o...
Lost Girls Reviews
Lost Girls Reviews rated it 6 years ago
This book throws a mixture of literary classics at you with quite the unusual twist. We go on a murder mystery adventure with Sherlock Holmes, Watson (which sold me on this book right from the start), and Dr. Jekyll's daughter Mary, who stumbles upon Diana the daughter of Hyde, who may or may not be...
Saturdays in Books
Saturdays in Books rated it 7 years ago
I had a hard time putting this down. Not exactly action packed, but compelling in a way that made for a few late nights where I needed to see what would happen next. The second book I've read this year structured so that the "author" is one of the protagonists. Though in this case, one not met unt...
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