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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
I had read a few Holmes stories but not recently. I was surprised that they still hold up so well and are pretty awesome. Even in conjunction with the new movie - I think they still work. The movie has Adler implications - but if you know the story involving her - still works, and there are some lines that translated directly.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-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
When you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
- Sherlock Holmes -
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
- Sherlock Holmes -
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-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
I had a hard time getting attached to the characters because the stories were so short.
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
fast-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
I think that Sherlock Holmes' adventures are much better suited in the short story format, but I am glad that there were the two novels to establish the characters first (though there was some changes as the characters developed). I would have liked to have more stories where Sherlock and Watson are roommates, rather than having Watson immediately marry Mary. There were a few like this, but I wish there were more. My favorite of the collection was the one I had already read beforehand: The Speckled Band.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Racism
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs
{Read all these stories separately between February 2012 and April 2015.}
mysterious
fast-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
takes me back to the time in secondary school when I wrote an essay about how Holmes and Watson were definitely in love, forgetting I would then have to take an oral exam about the same subject and say that shit to my English teacher's face