Mrs. Jekyll

INCREDIBLE! I enjoyed Emma Glass’ previous work but Mrs Jekyll was on a different level entirely. I sat down late in the evening thinking I would read a few pages before going to sleep but then an hour later I had accidentally read the entire book because it was too compelling to put down. The story f......more

I love anything Glass writes. Her writing is intense and abstract, and Mrs. Jekyll is no exception. Thematically, it is similar to Rest and Be Thankful in that it personifies death and its slow approach to all of us. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of my favourite classics, and this modern reinvention......more

Ever since I read Peach by Emma Glass I knew that she was something special, and her latest novel is testament to that. Written in her signature experimental yet compulsive prose, Mrs Jekyll follows a woman with cancer who is losing grip on her reality. Her loving husband and sister in law are doing......more

I feel like the author's writing is getting better and better. For 164 pages it really packed a punch. Still some bits that went over my head (as is the way with Emma Glass and I) but this is purely down to my brain not being big enough to understand. 3.5 stars......more

*Thanks to the publisher for gifting me an early copy of this to review!* I wasn’t anticipating reading this in a single day, but once I picked it up I couldn’t seem to stop myself. I read it in two halves over a matter of hours, and genuinely really enjoyed it. Because of the short chapter lengths,......more