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the_sunken_library's review against another edition
4.0
Surprisingly good! A well written novel that is indicative of Arthur Conan Doyle's style and successfully merges one of the greatest detectives of English literature with one of its most terrifying monsters. It was very enjoyable, fast paced and made me want to dip into other titles from the series. The one thing I didn't like was the premise that Holmes and Watson actually existed and this was in fact a manuscript discovered at an auction. The author takes this idea to the extreme by thanking Watson in his "author's acknowledgements" and I just happen to find that trail of thought a bit irksome.
smuttea_matcha's review against another edition
3.0
Not as good as I thought it'd be. It was exciting at moments and enjoyable, as all Holmes's adventures are. I probably didn't enjoy it to the fullest because I haven't read Dracula yet. But that will be next once I finish through my library books. :)
_lilbey_'s review
3.0
3.5: Solid until the end.
Sherlock literally did NOTHING to help with the case except create more issues with Dracula. Nothing was done to help defeat Dracula, nothing was done to help Van Helsing et al to catch or track Dracula... and somehow Sherlock felt satisfied with this outcome. Wouldn't happen. NONCANONICAL.
There were some personality quirks that I felt were not in keeping with Doyle's representation of the characters that irritated me, but I liked the concept, just wish it was executed better at the end.
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Sherlock literally did NOTHING to help with the case except create more issues with Dracula. Nothing was done to help defeat Dracula, nothing was done to help Van Helsing et al to catch or track Dracula... and somehow Sherlock felt satisfied with this outcome. Wouldn't happen. NONCANONICAL.
There were some personality quirks that I felt were not in keeping with Doyle's representation of the characters that irritated me, but I liked the concept, just wish it was executed better at the end.
jamesknight's review against another edition
3.0
While the set up is clever so many times it feels opportunities to grow the story are left on the floor leaving the result a pieced together pastiche of mostly the meddling bits with moments of fun and excitement.
bookish_whispers's review against another edition
3.0
When I started this book I was ready for it to be campy, the title says it all. However, that wasn't what I ended up with. Loren D. Estlemen wrote a wonderful mash-up of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock and Stoker’s Dracula. This is the first of the “Further Adventures” series that I've read, and I couldn't put it down. I give it three stars, however, because of some of the editing issues: commas in wrong places, statements worded as questions, and words mashed together without spaces. Despite that I did enjoy this book and recommend it to fans who enjoy seeing Holmes in new adventures.
shane_tiernan's review
3.0
This was actually better than I thought it would be (probably 3.5 stars). From the cover I thought it was going to be more of a satire. Instead it was a serious encounter between Holmes and Dracula, well written and serious.
You might find yourself asking "Why doesn't Dracula just kill him?" But I think it's pretty believable that Dracula has a kind of honor and would rather joust with Holmes on a mental level than just pick him up and break him in half.
You might find yourself asking "Why doesn't Dracula just kill him?" But I think it's pretty believable that Dracula has a kind of honor and would rather joust with Holmes on a mental level than just pick him up and break him in half.
flavio_fly's review against another edition
2.0
Nel complesso il libro non è male, ma francamente mi aspettavo una storia in cui, in pieno stile Sherlock Holmes, si riuscisse a dare un interpretazione completamente logica e non soprannaturale al mistero di partenza, non una semplice riscrittura di Dracula, per quanto l'idea che il romanzo di Stoker si svolga contemporaneamente alla presenza a Londra di Holmes sicuramente valeva la pena di essere esplorata.
Avrei dato anche tre stelle se la nota finale dell'autore non mi avesse dato un ritratto di una persona autocelebrativa e supponente, chiaramente di parte nell'esprimere il suo interesse nella figura di Sherlock Holmes nella stessa misura in cui ha palesato il suo menefreghismo (quasi sprezzo) nei confronti di chi invece preferisce il romanzo di Stoker.
Avrei dato anche tre stelle se la nota finale dell'autore non mi avesse dato un ritratto di una persona autocelebrativa e supponente, chiaramente di parte nell'esprimere il suo interesse nella figura di Sherlock Holmes nella stessa misura in cui ha palesato il suo menefreghismo (quasi sprezzo) nei confronti di chi invece preferisce il romanzo di Stoker.
shalot's review against another edition
4.0
I was really expecting this to be a campy and weird, unworthy read. To my surprise, it has turned out to be a well written novel from Watson’s point of view. And the tone of narration sticks well to those of Conan Doyle’s stories. It also meshes very well with the story of Dracula, and is respectful of that book’s plot. Everything Sherlock did was out of sight from Van Helsing except for one little crossover. I loved this and I may reread for fun in the future.