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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
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:
Yes
A bit more dull than the last Sherlock Holmes book. The story is about a couple of English officers who brought a treasure back from India and the effect this action had on them and their offspring. Holmes and Watson are called into service by the daughter of one of these officers when she's summoned by a mysterious benefactor. A dead body shows up, and as Holmes investigates, a code and bad guys show up. Still love Holmes, but found the plot convoluted and less enjoyable than the last book.
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
Novela corta pero intensa y, en mi opinión, más interesante que su predecesora, 'Estudio en escarlata'. En esta historia se hace más evidente el uso de las drogas por parte del protagonista y, acompañando al ambiente en el que se desarrolla el caso, ciertas expresiones un tanto machistas y racistas. Sin embargo, considero que tenemos que tener en cuenta que estamos hablando de una historia del siglo XIX y lo que para nosotros es ahora una aberración, en aquel momento era bastante normal. Volviendo a la historia, la lectura es rápida y el caso resulta interesante al igual que los hechos históricos en los que se basa. Es interesante ver cómo Arthur Conan Doyle monta sus novelas en base a estos hechos porque aprendes un poco más sobre la historia y la sociedad inglesa del XIX - XX.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A relatively interesting mystery, and I find seeing Watson and Mary Morstan fall in love (albeit extraordinarily quickly) actually quite sweet. And I can’t help but laugh at how it ends with Holmes literally going, *peace signs* I’m off to do more cocaine. That said, I can’t get past the racism and xenophobia, and there are many other Holmes stories I like more than this one.
I'm a little mad at Sherlock but it's still a good book.
This book was a lot slower than a Study in Scarlet, but fairly essential to the Holmesian canon, as it advances Watson's character and relationships. It's the gateway to the rest of this amazing, amazing series.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am almost compelled to add a 'aged like sour milk' shelf for this book alone.
I don't know if Doyle ever visited India but I can imagine this book in the 1890s, almost fairy tale like talking about 'devil worshiping', 'good for nothing' wild natives with names like Mahomet Singh. I can see readers nodding their heads and saying 'yes, this is why they need us, poor things.'
This book made me MAD. Apart from the blatant disrespect to the culture and people of India, and the casual misogyny, the mystery is so lazily done. It goes- oh, this happens and that happens and don't forget- we may have been forcefully colonizing their country but Indians are the true villains.
I am all for seeing books through the lens of the time they were written, but some stories are just trying too hard to be racist by adding unnecessary (to the plot) things, as in this one. So, nope.
Overall, highly disappointed and just absolutely angry because of this book.
Also Watson (kind of) pulls a Hastings and ends up getting the girl.
I don't know if Doyle ever visited India but I can imagine this book in the 1890s, almost fairy tale like talking about 'devil worshiping', 'good for nothing' wild natives with names like Mahomet Singh. I can see readers nodding their heads and saying 'yes, this is why they need us, poor things.'
This book made me MAD. Apart from the blatant disrespect to the culture and people of India, and the casual misogyny, the mystery is so lazily done. It goes- oh, this happens and that happens and don't forget- we may have been forcefully colonizing their country but Indians are the true villains.
I am all for seeing books through the lens of the time they were written, but some stories are just trying too hard to be racist by adding unnecessary (to the plot) things, as in this one. So, nope.
Overall, highly disappointed and just absolutely angry because of this book.
Also Watson (kind of) pulls a Hastings and ends up getting the girl.