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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The book's writing is of excellent quality and precision. Reading it was a nice time for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Death, Murder
Minor: Confinement, War
The Sign of Four is the best of Conan Doyle's longer Sherlock Holmes books. I know Hound of the Baskervilles gets a lot of love but Sherlock himself is hardly in it. This story has Sherlock on the case from the beginning. The Indian backstory is also far more fun than the tedious stuff in Utah from 'A Study in Scarlet' and Jonathan Small is a genuinely memorable character and not entirely an out-and-out villain, even if he is part of two murders.
Indeed, the whole set-up from the moment Mary Morstan turns up and we then meet the eccentric Thaddeus Sholto the story rattles along at a good pace.
We - and Watson and Holmes - have much amusement at the expense of Inspector Athelney Jones, who Sherlock has scant regard for.
You get to see Watson fall in love. You get to see both Toby, the dog and The Baker Street Irregulars in action and perhaps most of all this story is tense and exciting or to use a single word where four won't do it's fun.
A fine book, which has made me want to re-read the whole Sherlock stories again.
Indeed, the whole set-up from the moment Mary Morstan turns up and we then meet the eccentric Thaddeus Sholto the story rattles along at a good pace.
We - and Watson and Holmes - have much amusement at the expense of Inspector Athelney Jones, who Sherlock has scant regard for.
You get to see Watson fall in love. You get to see both Toby, the dog and The Baker Street Irregulars in action and perhaps most of all this story is tense and exciting or to use a single word where four won't do it's fun.
A fine book, which has made me want to re-read the whole Sherlock stories again.
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
“ ‘I'll drop it on your 'ead if you don't hook it!’
‘But I want a dog,’ I cried. „
I love these books for being so unintentionally hilarious like this isn’t supposed to be funny so why am I laughing so much
‘But I want a dog,’ I cried. „
I love these books for being so unintentionally hilarious like this isn’t supposed to be funny so why am I laughing so much
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Colonisation
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use
I've read this a few times, but nowhere near as many as the short stories or Hound of the Baskervilles. It's a great story, and there are a lot of really exciting bits, especially the chase down the river, but there's also a lot of racism. I'd recommend the stories and HOTB before this, although I think it works much better than A Study in Scarlet which goes off into a totally different story for half the book!
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious