The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

English language

Published April 15, 2022 by Random House Publishing Group.

ISBN:: 978-0-593-35533-6
OCLC Number:: 1281240579

(11 reviews)

Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of either a genius, or a madman.

Montgomery Laughton: a melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for alcohol. An outcast who assists Dr. Moreau with his scientific experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent haciendas and plentiful coffers.

The hybrids: the fruits of the Doctor’s labor, destined to blindly obey their creator and remain in the shadows. A motley group of part human, part animal monstrosities.

All of them living in a perfectly balanced and static world, which is jolted by the abrupt arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son of Doctor Moreau’s patron, who will unwittingly begin a dangerous chain reaction.

For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions, and in the sweltering heat of the …

Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of either a genius, or a madman.

The hybrids: the fruits of the Doctor’s labor, destined to blindly obey their creator and remain in the shadows. A motley group of part human, part animal monstrosities.

For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions, and in the sweltering heat of the jungle, passions may ignite.

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is both a dazzling historical novel and a daring science fiction journey.

6 editions

forpeterssake reviewed The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Well-written and a nice re-telling of the classic tale

4 stars

Silvia Moreno-Garcia re-imagines the story of H.G. Wells' Island of Doctor Moreau in the Yucatán peninsula and told from the perspective of his daughter. I honestly think Wells' original book is a clunky piece of fiction, so it was nice to see Moreno-Garcia craft a more appropriately complicated and well-written tale around the bold idea of a doctor who creates human-animal hybrids. I ended up like this book quite a bit, and I especially liked how Moreno-Garcia weaved in events like Mayan uprisings and political rivalries between Mexico and Great Britain as a backdrop and story points for this retelling of the classic tale.

heavyboots reviewed The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Well done if not my cup of tea

No rating

This isn’t that bad a book by any means but I do think you need to want to read something from this genre to fully enjoy it and unfortunately that isn’t really me. I will say that it was well enough executed that I still finished it and mildly enjoyed it though. If I was more into magical realism and Gabriel García Márquez I’d have enjoyed it a lot more tho.

Sean Gursky reviewed The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Review of 'Daughter of Doctor Moreau' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

This is how my 2022 reading ends, not with a bang but a whimper.

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau was added to my reading list after reviewing the Readers Choice awards. The Daughter finished in second place in the Best Science Fiction category to Sea of Tranquility, which I thoroughly enjoyed and earned five stars, so if this was the runner up then I'd like it. Right?

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau was given the challenge of keeping my attention during a Christmas season with visiting and days of vacation. In all of that downtime I found my motivation to pick the book up and read was extremely low.

I had bus rides, rest time on the couch and the book didn't call for me. Is this the fault of the book, or me? I didn't dislike the book when I was reading it but it didn't immediately grab …

ish-i-ness reviewed The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Review of 'Daughter of Doctor Moreau' on 'Goodreads'

No rating

I tried. I got to page 70 and I skipped ahead a bunch but I’m just not feeling it. It seems like it’s vague political commentary with some Doctor Moreau elements, which should be cool. It falls really flat though. There isn’t enough stylistically to keep. E interested either. I’ve really enjoyed Moreno Garcias work in the past but this one feels like a dud. DNF.