995 reviews for:

Sherlock Holmes 6: Údolie hrôzy

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.76 AVERAGE

gottalovechris's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious medium-paced

sarchasm's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

znoonan's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cleve1212's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

thebeardedpoet's review against another edition

5.0

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In The Valley of Fear, published in 1915, 15 years before Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest, Doyle invented the hard boiled detective novel. Sherlock Holmes only serves as bookends for this story which is mostly set in the United States and deals with the murder spree and threats of terror of a secret society.

miastockton's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cee_beezy's review against another edition

3.0

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A compelling mystery, but I'm just not a fan of how Conan Doyle uses flashbacks to fill up the second half of his novellas.

nadude's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nfii's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alittlecrow's review against another edition

4.0

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A fun one, but the way the story is divided, much like A Study in Scarlet, still feels a bit clunky. I get why it’s structured like this, there’s a story Doyle wanted to tell and it really wouldn’t fit the structure of the usual cases. Anyways, feeling generous, so 3.5 stars rounded up to four. I definitely liked both halves of the story and had a good bit of fun. And of course, I’m always going to be biased towards the stories involving these dear, albeit fictional, old friends of mine.