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The Sign of the Four Illustrated

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.61 AVERAGE

oranges448's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

spoko's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Right up front: There are some definite racist elements here, and that certainly diminished my ability to enjoy the book. But even without those, it was disappointing.

I like reading Holmes & Watson as characters, but the other characters weren’t interesting at all, and the mystery itself wasn’t much to chew on. Mostly it seemed like Doyle imagined this tale of the purloined loot itself, and the whole book was a lead-up to the retelling of that tale. But it would have been better as a standalone story, really, and even then I don’t think I’d have loved it.

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