Reviews - The Sign of the Four

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3.3k reviews for:

The Sign of the Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.61 AVERAGE

3.3k reviews for:

The Sign of the Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.61 AVERAGE

bookeliina's review against another edition

2.25

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

theprinceofdenmark's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lae313's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mairelon's review against another edition

3.0

This one wins points for not having a prolonged flashback to Utah for half the book, as well as namedropping the Ballarat goldfields.

It loses points for the murderer being an

Spoiler

Era typical racists caricature of a very, very short cannibalistic indigenous person

and not a

Spoiler

monkey, like I'd thought.

vonfletchington's review against another edition

4.25

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: Complicated

ellie_cripps's review against another edition

3.0

Zips along at a good pace but far less compelling than I had expected. Certainly well written, and I'll keep checking out the series when I have the time.