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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This is a mixed bag. On the positive side it is a series of short stories so we get plenty of clever resolutions, and Steven Fry read the audio version with great relish, giving me flashbacks to Harry Potter audiobooks. One expects a certain level of sexism in books of this age, and these stories delivered that faithfully. The quite spectacular racism and ableism took me by surprise, though, and sullied the reading experience.
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Sherlock never disappoints.

Feels very anticlimactic for the last SH book. Like SH over all this is a mixed bad but enjoyable. The best are excellent but the worst are also pretty bad.

Ainsi se terminent les aventures de Sherlock Holmes. Douze nouvelles qui mettent un point final à cette série de livres qui aura marqué la littérature jusqu'à s'inscrire profondément dans la culture populaire.

Le plaisir de lire les affaires du célèbre détective est toujours présent, même si l'on peut regretter que certaines nouvelles soient similaires à d'autres dans leur concept (The Adventure of the Three Garridebs et The Red-Headed League par exemple).

Petite particularité dans ce recueil, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone nous est conté à la troisième personne, mais surtout, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier et The Adventure of the Lion's Mane sont écrites du point de Holmes.
Malgré ses protestations, le détective fait un très bon travail à la place de son biographe, mais c'est plutôt amusant de le voir se plaindre d'être obligé de dévoiler ses cartes plutôt que de conserver une touche de surprise comme il aime le faire habituellement. 
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Sherlock is just so smart and witty. Excusing some language used at the time that didn’t appear to be said with malicious intent. This series of short stories is still a classic.
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

E pronto - terminei a releitura do cânone. As últimas histórias eram as mais nebulosas na minha memória (provavelmente porque ao longo dos anos, em várias vezes que peguei nos livros, acabei por não levar a leitura até ao fim e, portanto, por não chegar às últimas histórias), mas se calhar isso nem é mau de todo, porque algumas das que estão incluídas neste último volume são francamente fracas em relação ao resto da obra ("Mazarin Stone", "Creeping Man", "Three Gables"...). Ainda assim, é uma obra incontornável, e que continua fresca mesmo quando sabemos quase todas as deduções de cor.