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Our Hideous Progeny
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Emily Coffee and Commentary's review
bookshelves: 19th-century, horror, lgbtq-representation, retellings, sci-fi, gothic
May 24, 2023
bookshelves: 19th-century, horror, lgbtq-representation, retellings, sci-fi, gothic
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A gorgeous interpretation of one of literature's finest classics. This beguiling debut is dark, poetic, and filled with ambition, grief, and innovation. It highlights the struggle for women to gain rightful credit in a society that favors the voices of men, especially in the fields of scientific discovery. Our Hideous Progeny simmers with the passion for hidden knowledge, and the blazing desire to harness the unknown, to challenge the finality of death, no matter the cost. This novel was so enjoyable from beginning to end, its pages filled with rebellion, love, and yearning for those secret histories, mind-bending futures, those dark ripples beneath the surface.
A gorgeous interpretation of one of literature's finest classics. This beguiling debut is dark, poetic, and filled with ambition, grief, and innovation. It highlights the struggle for women to gain rightful credit in a society that favors the voices of men, especially in the fields of scientific discovery. Our Hideous Progeny simmers with the passion for hidden knowledge, and the blazing desire to harness the unknown, to challenge the finality of death, no matter the cost. This novel was so enjoyable from beginning to end, its pages filled with rebellion, love, and yearning for those secret histories, mind-bending futures, those dark ripples beneath the surface.
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Quotes Emily Liked
“We had built here, in this half-ruined boat house on the edge of the Moray Firth, a temple to our own strange gods- to Chemistry and Anatomy and Electricity.”
― Our Hideous Progeny
― Our Hideous Progeny
“I will always hold dear to my heart that fact that I was the first to see those golden eyes open, to see its reptilian pupils narrow and focus on my own- for in those eyes I saw, for the first time, proof that we had created something truly alive.”
― Our Hideous Progeny
― Our Hideous Progeny
“Of course, it mattered; perhaps the knowledge would not help to build bridges or make new medicines, but that was not all that science was about. Science was about the truth, about knowing what was possible and what was not; it was about the fervor I had felt looking upon the beached whale, or the fossil tooth in Catherine's palm. I had spent my whole life since in service to that same longing: the ravenous beast that was curiosity.”
― Our Hideous Progeny
― Our Hideous Progeny
“Perhaps I am meant to drown after all. But if I do, then at least it will have been by my own hand.”
― Our Hideous Progeny
― Our Hideous Progeny
“I suppose that is why it often makes me sad to read about history, or even natural history, as you do; I cannot help but think of everyone whose tale cannot fit in one book, those poor creatures who remain lost or forgotten. Do you think that one day, some Mary of the future will sketch our bones and wonder what we might have been in life?”
― Our Hideous Progeny
― Our Hideous Progeny
“We shall steal fire from the heavens, and I shall not repent, even for one minute- for what sort of God would condemn us to such a cold world without it? We are merely taking what should have been ours from the beginning.”
― Our Hideous Progeny
― Our Hideous Progeny
“There is something romantic about feeding a predator from the palm of your hand, I think- a creature which might bite you if it chooses, but chooses not to. But how does one turn such awful beauty to lead and ink on a page?”
― Our Hideous Progeny
― Our Hideous Progeny
Reading Progress
May 1, 2023
– Shelved
May 1, 2023
– Shelved as:
to-read
May 18, 2023
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Started Reading
May 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
sci-fi
May 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
retellings
May 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
lgbtq-representation
May 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
horror
May 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
19th-century
May 24, 2023
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Finished Reading
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
gothic
