Fall 2022 The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

Date-10.1.22-10.3.22

 The Daughter of The Doctor Moreau 

Written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

About from Goodreads.com

A lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.

Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of either a genius, or a madman.

Montgomery Laughton: a melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for alcohol. An outcast who assists Dr. Moreau with his scientific experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent haciendas and plentiful coffers. 

The hybrids: the fruits of the Doctor’s labor, destined to blindly obey their creator and remain in the shadows. A motley group of part human, part animal monstrosities. 

All of them living in a perfectly balanced and static world, which is jolted by the abrupt arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son of Doctor Moreau’s patron, who will unwittingly begin a dangerous chain reaction.

For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions, and in the sweltering heat of the jungle, passions may ignite.

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is both a dazzling historical novel and a daring science fiction journey.

Pros

• Learning about some of the history of Mexico and some of the culture 

Cons

• How the change in perspectives was confusing for the first time it changed

• Hard to get into

• got super slow once the Izaldes’ came to Yaxaktun

• at first I enjoyed how the perspectives were done but, after a bit i felt like i was reading the same thing over and over

• got really bored

Quotes I love

• Your father is a madman imagining such a thing is possible- Montgomery 

• “Certain things you must experience in person.”- Montgomery

• “Take it from one dog who knows other dogs: that one has teeth.” -Montgomery

Review

DNF 47%

I got super bored and I couldn't keep reading. I may try this book again at some point but as of right now .

 0/5 ⭐️

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Info

Trigger warning-  Child Abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicide (mentioned), Corporeal punishment, Alcoholism, 

Spice level- 1 / 5 🌶

Trope-

Other books in the Series-NA

Publish date-July 2022

Awards-NA

Genres- Historical Fiction, Romance, Scifi, Retelling, 

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