3.3
Fantasy & SciFi
A dark, breathless, beautifully-written gothic thriller of murder, madness and a mysterious island…
London, 1894. Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumours about her father’s gruesome experiments. But when she learns her father is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations were true.
Juliet is accompanied by the doctor’s handsome young assistant and an enigmatic castaway, who both attract Juliet for very different reasons. They travel to the island only to discover the depths of her father’s madness: he has created animals that have been vivisected to resemble, speak, and behave as humans. Worse, one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the island’s inhabitants. Juliet knows she must end her father’s dangerous experiments and escape the island, even though her horror is mixed with her own scientific curiosity. As the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father’s genius—and madness—in her own blood.
© 2014 HarperCollins (Ljudbok): 9780007579129
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 27 februari 2014
3.3
Fantasy & SciFi
A dark, breathless, beautifully-written gothic thriller of murder, madness and a mysterious island…
London, 1894. Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumours about her father’s gruesome experiments. But when she learns her father is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations were true.
Juliet is accompanied by the doctor’s handsome young assistant and an enigmatic castaway, who both attract Juliet for very different reasons. They travel to the island only to discover the depths of her father’s madness: he has created animals that have been vivisected to resemble, speak, and behave as humans. Worse, one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the island’s inhabitants. Juliet knows she must end her father’s dangerous experiments and escape the island, even though her horror is mixed with her own scientific curiosity. As the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father’s genius—and madness—in her own blood.
© 2014 HarperCollins (Ljudbok): 9780007579129
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 27 februari 2014
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Effi
30 jan. 2018
Börjar bra men sen går det bara utför. Klar Harlekinvarning och hon var ju bara gnällig och svajig hela tiden.
Moa
23 feb. 2023
En bok som hade vunnit mycket på en mer aktiv protagonist och ett mindre fokus på kärlekstriangeln.
Ken
21 jan. 2016
ok bok, lite väl mycket fokus på kärlekstriangeln och inte direkt fantasy/sci-fi utan mer utav drama/skräck
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