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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
-1 star because Sherlock wasn't there for a lot of the story and it took some of the charm out.
I went in with zero expectations, having never read a Sherlock Holmes book. But man was this a great time. First off, the whole book is spooky. Like, read this in the middle of October when the wind is blowing and the leaves are starting to turn. It's not *scary*, but it really brought me back to melancholy and mysterious spookiness that was much more prevalent as a child.
But the actual mystery part of the book is so well done. Not super long, not super complicated, but interesting enough to keep you guessing with well paced reveals. I definitely understand why this book is held in such high esteem.
But the actual mystery part of the book is so well done. Not super long, not super complicated, but interesting enough to keep you guessing with well paced reveals. I definitely understand why this book is held in such high esteem.
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
3/5
I am quite disappointed as The Hound of the Baskervilles did not live up to its spooky fame (in my opinion).
Here, readers follow a Watson-centric mystery around the untimely deaths of the Baskervilles descendants. The moors, it is said, are haunted and the descendants of the Baskervilles line are plagued by an ancient hound. Sherlock is indisposed by several other cases so sends Watson to liaise with the "next" victim and solve the case before it's too late!
While I loved [b:A Study in Scarlet|102868|A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)|Arthur Conan Doyle|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1519031842s/102868.jpg|1997473], this case fell flat for me. Whether this was because I was listening to it too intermittently, or if it really was that boring it didn't capture my interest, I was left disappointed.
I am quite disappointed as The Hound of the Baskervilles did not live up to its spooky fame (in my opinion).
Here, readers follow a Watson-centric mystery around the untimely deaths of the Baskervilles descendants. The moors, it is said, are haunted and the descendants of the Baskervilles line are plagued by an ancient hound. Sherlock is indisposed by several other cases so sends Watson to liaise with the "next" victim and solve the case before it's too late!
While I loved [b:A Study in Scarlet|102868|A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)|Arthur Conan Doyle|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1519031842s/102868.jpg|1997473], this case fell flat for me. Whether this was because I was listening to it too intermittently, or if it really was that boring it didn't capture my interest, I was left disappointed.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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:
Yes
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #5) 1902
• Read by Steve Donohue. Already reading aloud another book,The Bible, but 'Why not read from holy scripture?'
• Sherlock Holmes to Dr. John Watson, "It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light."
• asperity- roughness : harshness of temper
• Eliza Barrymore, "“Yes, sir, my name was Selden, and he is my younger brother. We humoured him too much when he was a lad, and gave him his own way in everything, until he came to think that the world was made for his pleasure, and that he could do what he liked in it.""
• "is Frankland’s daughter.” “What? Old Frankland the crank?”
• almoner- a person who distributes alms (something given freely to relieve the poor)
effigy- a crude figure of a hated person
• Steve, "If we start faulting mystery novels for their contrivances, we'd be here all day."
• Sherlock Holmes to Dr. John Watson, "It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light."
• asperity- roughness : harshness of temper
• Eliza Barrymore, "“Yes, sir, my name was Selden, and he is my younger brother. We humoured him too much when he was a lad, and gave him his own way in everything, until he came to think that the world was made for his pleasure, and that he could do what he liked in it.""
• "is Frankland’s daughter.” “What? Old Frankland the crank?”
• almoner- a person who distributes alms (something given freely to relieve the poor)
effigy- a crude figure of a hated person
• Steve, "If we start faulting mystery novels for their contrivances, we'd be here all day."
A decent read but underwhelming as far as Sherlock Holmes stories go. The majority of the story follows Watson, which when I think back was a strange plot choice, not just because it was boring and he had almost no clue what was going on, but because some of the choices made by him were so ridiculous it actually became quite embarrassing. At one point Watson and the baron decide to go and hunt a mass murderer in the woods with only big sticks for protection. They find him, chase him, run out of breath, go home and then agree to let him jump on a boat to South America in a few days time. You know, hoping he’s changed his mental disorder since being in prison for a few months?? Believe it or not, the mass murderer in the woods was actually a red herring and there was ANOTHER murderer living round the moors?! Crazy, I know. When Sherlock did eventually show up again, there was very little classic Sherlock deduction going on which is what everyone reads these books for, so I was quite glad to finish it and was in desperate need to pick up Poirot for that hit of constant uncertainty and confusion until the very end. All in all, slightly amusing but mostly disappointing. I’ll get over it.