Reviews with content warning for Pedophilia - The House of Silk

Gutted by what they discovered to be the crime. I had an inkling suspicion and it broke me a little to read it, and I can't stop thinking at Fitzsimmons lines of how what they are doing won't be stopped, and I think of how it is going on someplace in the world right now. It's just so cruel.

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

As Doctor Watson lays in his hospital room, in his old age, he reflects on his life. And he wants to write down one last Sherlock Holmes case. The case of the House of Silk.
Which are actually two cases. I found it great how Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson were woven into these two cases at once. Both curious and captivating. Old characters were brought back to life and got to investigate again.
The language used by Anthony Horowitz was appropriat and at the same time easy to read. He approached the project with respect towards the old stories and Doyle. Sherlock Holmes wasn't re-invented, merly brought back for another case or two.

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I am very impressed by this book. It fits right into the canon - it is obvious that Horowitz has done his research and is enjoying playing with the Holmes casebook as well as adding to it. BUT - by virtue of having Watson writing this in his retirement, recording reflecting back upon his experiences and his life and what it all means - Horowitz also gets to include some relatively modern commentary on the Victorian social condition. The Watson written by Conan Doyle never reflected too deeply or too long upon the conditions in which Wiggins and his comrades lived - but Watson in his elderly years has begun to reflect upon the conditions he was complicit in for all those years.

It's a very fascinating writer's trick and it's well done.

Plus the mystery is just very good.

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