Review: Ms Jekyll or Ms Hyde, except with multiple eyes and legs of course
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 3, 2011
Having read Marcia Collettes work before, I am aware of her abundance of energy, ideas and creativity. She likes to reach beyond the edges and wander off the trail. It makes for an interesting new breed of para sub-genre. This book again holds the core essence of abuse in it's centre, but a little more hardcore. The main character is an abuse survivor, who runs a shelter for victims of domestic violence. Importantly the writer includes both genders, the male victims are rarely focused on. She discovers that she harbours something inside her, a spider, who lives a Jekyl/Hyde existence with her. The concept is a psychologically interesting one depending on which way you perceive it. The supernatural angle creates a creature/monster within her that is controlled via someone else. The psychological angle makes the reader wonder if this is the main characters damaged past returning in form of anger, which means her acts are conscious and clear ones. Fascinating idea. However I do think in between the rush of creativity the storyline and dialogue could be more in depth. I recived a free copy of this book for my review.