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Review: Providence by Caroline Kepnes

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The Oh-So-Sad DNF Collection: Take 5

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#SpringHorror DNF Review: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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I just can't make myself do it! The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Narrated by Scott Brick  Audiobook   Horror Fiction Released November 2006, 3+ Hours Unabridged Amazon  ♦  Goodreads When a brute of a man tramples an innocent girl, apparently out of spite, two bystanders catch the fellow and force him to pay reparations to the girl's family. The brute's name is Edward Hyde. A respected lawyer, Utterson, hears this story and begins to unravel the seemingly manic behavior of his best friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and his connection with Hyde. Several months earlier, Utterson had drawn up an inexplicable will for the doctor naming Hyde as his heir in the event that he disappears. DNF My Thoughts: I tried to listen to this audiobook this morning but it was just too wordy for me. I mean, I know it's a book, they're made up entirely of words but these words were not at all interesting to me. They were boring, dry, t...
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