Well's classic tale reread.

Reading "The Iceland of Doctor Moreau again as to adult, I was struck by at abundance of Biblical allusions When I missed reading it as a child. Then, the monsters and gore kept me up nights staring at my closet door. Now I realize how , like Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", the novel probes man's almost instinctual urge to attain godhood. HOWEVER, Well's skill as a writer is sadly unequal to his ability as a storyteller. How many times can a person use the words "singular" (meaning Peculiar) and "Darkling" in a hundred page novel without a washing-out of Their initial effect? ​​Not many.