{"id":2652,"date":"2024-04-16T14:33:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T19:36:16","slug":"book-review-book-review-the-daughter-of-doctor-moreau-by-silvia-moreno-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=2652","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: BOOK REVIEW: THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU BY SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.**<\/p>\n

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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau<\/em>\u00a0by Silvia Moreno-Garcia<\/p>\n

Del Rey, 2022<\/p>\n

ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-0593355336<\/p>\n

Available:: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook<\/p>\n

Buy:\u00a0Bookshop.org<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This reimagining of\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Island<\/em>\u00a0of\u00a0Doctor<\/em>\u00a0Moreau<\/em>\u00a0takes place on the Yucut\u00e1n peninsula in 1871 against the backdrop of the Yucut\u00e1n Caste War. A hacendero, Joseph Lizdale, hires the adventurer Montgomery Langdon, a functional alcoholic with a special set of skills that include hunting, taxidermy, and working with dangerous animals, as mayordomo for the isolated estate occupied by Doctor Moreau, who is researching creating human\/animal hybrids as replacements for rebellious Mayan workers, his daughter Carlota, and the more successful hybrids.<\/p>\n

Six years later, Montgomery is content in the company of the Moreaus and their hybrids and Carlota has grown into a young woman. Lizdale\u2019s funding is drying up, and the doctor\u2019s research is stalled. Eduardo and Isidro Lizdale arrive without the elder Lizdale\u2019s knowledge demanding men to help chase down Mayan rebels. Carlota defuses the confrontation by inviting them in. She and Eduardo fall in love and he asks her to marry him. Change, and revelations, are coming.<\/p>\n

The point of view alternates between Carlota and Montgomery. I really liked Montgomery\u2019s voice and enjoyed his character. Carlota frequently grated on me probably due to her naivete and meekness, but she was kind and loyal. Watching their relationship develop was interesting- he was a more thoughtful man than he often appeared.<\/p>\n

The monstrousness of Moreau and his work is evident to the reader early on but it\u2019s only as Carlota realizes it that we really see it. The monstrousness of the hacenderos, even one as handsome as Eduardo, is easily revealed. The hybrids, who appear to be monsters to the humans, are less monstrous than their creator and those who wish to exploit them.<\/p>\n

This is a fast, engaging, easy read. You don\u2019t have to be familiar with the source material, but it did enhance my reading experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** The Daughter of Doctor Moreau\u00a0by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Del Rey, 2022 ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-0593355336 Available:: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Buy:\u00a0Bookshop.org\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Amazon.com   This reimagining of\u00a0The\u00a0Island\u00a0of\u00a0Doctor\u00a0Moreau\u00a0takes place on the Yucut\u00e1n peninsula in 1871 against the backdrop of the Yucut\u00e1n Caste War. A hacendero, Joseph Lizdale, hires the adventurer Montgomery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[337,119],"tags":[194],"class_list":["post-2652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-horror","tag-silvia-moreno-garcia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Eu9f-GM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2653,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652\/revisions\/2653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}