The audio version of the book was excellent. Great narrators, great sound effects all helped bring the whole thing alive for me. Recommended for fun. ( )

Brilliantly preformed!
Henrietta & Eleanor: A Retelling of Jekyll and Hyde
An Audible Original Drama
By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Libby Spurrier - dramatist
Narrated by: Holliday Grainge, Clive Mantle, Carla Mendonça, Miranda Raison

This was a Jekyll and Hyde book made for today's audiences! It has a full cast of characters that were marvelous in their performance! The story itself was different than the original but referred to the "men". The story still has a potion but there are differences. There is a twist I didn't see coming too! Great job all the way around! ( )

Gender-swapped Retelling
Review of the Audible Audio audiobook edition (Nov. 2018), an adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson original The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)

Although Henrietta Jekyll & Eleanor Hyde is a modern day gender-swapped retelling of the Robert Louis Stevenson novella, it actually does not diverge from the original plot very much. There are a few references to ATMs and cell phones, but very little of the modern world really intrudes. The dialogue could actually be part of a 19th century book as very few modernisms are used. Even some the actions are dated, such as a regular consumption of spirits. Several characters aside from Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde are gender swapped, but there are really no major changes or expansions which would have given this any sort of ground-breaking rating. So it is probably a 2 (It was OK) bumped up to a 3 (Liked It) for the narration performances and the audio production.

Henrietta & Eleanor was originally released in November, 2018 and was also one of ten free Audible Original audiobooks for members in the month of June, 2020. It is available to everyone for a standard price. ( )