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fateleanor's review
medium-paced
3.75
An interesting idea but I felt the story didn’t fulfill its potential. I guessed the ending about halfway through
han_cat's review
3.0
Quite a lot of promise, but felt like it pulled from too many directions and never quite took any of the plot lines to completetion. Mainly a dissapointment because what it could have been, and the odd moments of true excellence.
esperata's review
2.0
If you're expecting this to be about the Confessions of Mycroft Holmes, you'll be disappointed. The name of Holmes is used purely as a device to draw readers to the book. In actual fact the story overall would be better without Theroux attempting to shoehorn Mycroft into his narrative. The character of Mycroft is inaccurate and clearly is only meant as a reflection of the narrator's uncle.
I think this would have been a much more enjoyable book if it had simply been about the fragmentation of family and not advertised with the misleading words - 'the tale of murder and deception is taking on a sinister new meaning'.
I think this would have been a much more enjoyable book if it had simply been about the fragmentation of family and not advertised with the misleading words - 'the tale of murder and deception is taking on a sinister new meaning'.
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