The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson

This book, while being very short, was one of the longest I have read. It is written with what is now such a dated style of speech that it takes more time to get through each paragraph and then sometimes a few seconds is needed to decipher what has just been read.

I found half of what was written to be polite waffle and totally unneeded, but as it is such an old book I was content that it is still written in it's original format. For I'm sure I would have complained more if it had of been butchered and modernised so that every lay-man now days could understand it.

The crux of the story though was a good idea, but the first half of the book was so slow I had no desire to continue. However I found that, similar to "The Graveyard Book", I liked the last third of the book when something actually happened, in this case an explanation was given.

I do not profess to be a literary expert or have great knowledge into what makes a 'classic' book, but as a reader who enjoys a good story written well, I don't understand how this book is classified as a 'classic' and held in such regard.

All I can say is I am happy it was a short book.