Visually they are well described, with each creation having a whole host of ailments and unique physical traits. The supporting cast is mostly made up of Moreau’s hybrids who are not as developed as I’d hoped. Montgomery runs the farm for Doctor Moneau who uses his affliction to keep the high functioning alcoholic loyal and his secrets safe. He drowns his sorrows in drink with binge sessions of epic proportions. The other main character, Montgomery Laughton, is her polar opposite as he is jaded, pessimistic, and has a past that will make any heart weep. Her kindness and hope are infectious and glow throughout her chapters. As is typical of her age in literature, she falls in love quickly and hard at the first outsider to show her attention, with the stereotypical cascade of events to follow. Sheltered by her father on their remote farm, Carlota is equal parts naive and impulsive, almost to exasperation as she constantly puts herself in compromising situations or reacts wildly. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau mainly follows Carlota as she learns more of her father’s secrets and begins to question the morality of his experimentations and the suffering of the hybrids. That said, I still enjoyed the story without having read Well’s classic.
I’m curious as to the various Easter Eggs or context that I am missing out on by not having read the story that inspired Moreno-Garcia. I’m a bit chagrined to admit that I’ve never read The Island of Doctor Moreau. With Lizalde’s patience running thin and the rumors of dangerous rebel fighters hiding nearby, the quiet life of the Doctor and Carlota is teetering on the cusp of significant change. Having found a new patron, Fernando Lizalde, the Doctor has made meticulous, but slow advances toward the perfect hybrids, though his end goals differ from the slave labor Lizalde desires. The infamous doctor has continued his controversial experiments after being banished from Europe and high society. Isolated in the Yucatan Peninsula in the 1800s, the story is told mainly from the perspective of Doctor Moreau’s beautiful daughter, Carlota who has been sheltered from his controversial past.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is Moreno-Garcia’s take on the events following H.G. This is my third novel by Moreno-Garcia and I’m finding that each of her stories are wholly unique, spanning a wide range of genres and time periods.
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