Review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
This is a dandy piece of genre fiction. Moreno-Garcia takes the basic set-up of Wells’s The Island of Doctor Moreau and writes a better book. She sets it in late 19th century Mexico and puts real characters into the story. Once she’s put better elements into the scenario, she orchestrates a consistent, interesting, tense story with a satisfying outcome.
Moreno-Garcia builds a consistent real world full of characters with enough depth and ambiguity to make them interesting. She fits them into an adventure tale that consistently raises the stakes and grips the reader. Exciting read with plenty of interesting sidelights and ideas that drive the story without hijacking it.
Strongly recommended.