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Title: The Jekyll Legacy (Tor Horror) by Robert Bloch, Andre Norton ISBN: 0-312-85037-9 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: September, 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: Too little Jekyll, too much social work
Comment: I had high expectations of this book, as I've read a lot of Robert Bloch's work and enjoyed it. The book is very well-written, but a bit slow. Jekyll's niece, Hester, doesn't recieve her inheritance until after more than half of the book has passed. It is interesting to see what happens to the original book's surviving characters, such as Poole and Utterson. But simply too much time is taken up by Hester getting upset over slum conditions and (after getting rich) buying herself new dresses. And the ending was a big disappointment, too simple and totally unbelievable.

Rating: 4
Summary: Not a literary classic, but two pros tell the tale well
Comment: This books suffers in comparison with the literary giant it spawns from, but Norton and Bloch manage to create an entertaining murder mystery that also happens to examine how little times have really changed since Victorian England and Mr. Hyde's unfortunate appearence.