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Review - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

It was an interesting read as it puts across the concept of good and evil in a person. It is like good and bad both are part of the same coin. So every person has both sides of a coin. For some, goodness is on the heavier side, whereas for some, evil takes over everything else. How you balance it or maintain it depends on you and your willpower. This book is a perfect example of this.

It shows how for the smaller gains, we become greedy and let our evil side rule to get some attention or please our ego. But in the longer run, all these things become petty and make us terrible human beings. Even if we want to become better, it becomes hard to let go of our habits. It also shows how our ego plays with us and how we become a slave to it. The relationship between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is like two inseparable friends who don't like each other but can't stay without each other.

On a bigger scale, you need to keep your emotions in check and never give a free hand to greed. Because once you have tasted the success of sorcery, you would want to have more of it. That's why it is so important to stick to your principles, and for the same reason, they look too difficult to follow. So now, when someone abides by their principles, they have attained a state where it becomes their nature to be true to self and the world. They pay a price for it, but it is worth it in the end.

The book feels like a mystery where you want to know who is who, and somehow you guess it too (in my case, I did). So, how you reach the end is very interesting. It is science mixed with mystery. You are bound to have fun on this journey!

Rating - 4/5
Genre - Classics
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