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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Conan Doyle’s most famous novel almost didn’t star his most famous character. “Baskervilles” (1902) was supposed to be a Sherlock Holmes-less horror story. (It’s barely a mystery.) He’d killed off the detective a decade before. The Strand Magazine saw subscriptions tank with Holmes’ death—so they were happy to serialize “Baskervilles” for £620 ($800) per episode. It’s many adapters include Germany (the 1914 silent film “Der Hund von Baskerville”), the Soviets (1971’s “Собака Баскервилей”) & Ukraine (2015’s “Sherloch—The Cat of the Baskervilles”). In every version, you can count on Watson always being wrong—& Holmes always being a prick about it. “I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were erroneous. When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth.”
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
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 don't mind these stories but the recap at the end is so repetitive if you read them in 1-2 sittings
adventurous
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
adventurous
dark
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
My first official Sherlock Holmes novel! Absolutely brilliant writing (especially for the mystery genre), dimensional and masterful craftsmanship of the plot, fantastic narration, an absolute delight! Very eager to continue reading more from literary genius, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
It's Sherlock Holmes. It's exactly what you'd expect.
The big plus: the setting. I loved the gothic descriptions of the moors and the supernatural question mark dangling over it all. It all felt very eerie, and it was a comfortable marriage of the Holmes hyper-logic and Doyle's interest in the occult.
The big minus: I haven't read any Holmes in a while, but I definitely remember most enjoying the moments of Holmes and his little quirks, his sense of humour, and his occasionally frustrating ways. I thought that such a long story would have a lot more of these within it, but really there was only the opening scene and, late in the piece, a small note about his reluctance to share what he knew until the end. Holmes was absent for a lot of the story, which is not unusual but is more keenly felt in a longer form. In short, it needed more Holmes, especially him being very Holmes-y.
The big plus: the setting. I loved the gothic descriptions of the moors and the supernatural question mark dangling over it all. It all felt very eerie, and it was a comfortable marriage of the Holmes hyper-logic and Doyle's interest in the occult.
The big minus: I haven't read any Holmes in a while, but I definitely remember most enjoying the moments of Holmes and his little quirks, his sense of humour, and his occasionally frustrating ways. I thought that such a long story would have a lot more of these within it, but really there was only the opening scene and, late in the piece, a small note about his reluctance to share what he knew until the end. Holmes was absent for a lot of the story, which is not unusual but is more keenly felt in a longer form. In short, it needed more Holmes, especially him being very Holmes-y.