Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

24 reviews

alison98's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

pey333's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Animal death

queenkath32's review against another edition

mysterious

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, and Death

wextra's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

The first real detective novel and a fantastic start to the career of Doyle's beloved Sherlock Holmes, A Study In Scarlet does an extremely good job of investing the reader in Holmes and Watson and their intimate friendship. Essentially split into two parts, the section that details the motive of Holmes' suspect is less well-loved but underrated in my opinion, clashing somewhat with the Victorian English setting of Holmes' investigation (which was contemporary at the time of release) by taking place in a rather gritty Wild West. Fans of Westerns, however, will find a lot to love here and the clash is actually very entertaining if you're the audience for it. All and all a great start to the classic series of novels.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Animal death

tiiiger35's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was the very first Sherlock Holmes book written, and what a debut to have!! I really enjoyed finding out how these 2 totally different characters came together to form one of the best fictional detective pairs. 
The story itself was quite dark, especially the 2nd half…and in the end I felt the man who was labelled as a criminal & murderer was rightly so getting the justice deserved, that the authorities wouldn’t provide. 

I made my way through this book very quickly. Arthur Conan Doyle has such a wonderful style of storytelling & I find his writing style flows very easily. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Animal death, and Murder

flowermel3's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual harassment, War, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal death

goodchivesonly's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Blood, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness

marthadude's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I’ve been meaning to read this since I was little and I’m glad I finally got to it. People say that the second part of the book is jarring but since I knew it was coming I wasn’t phased and thought it was very engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gun violence, Death of parent, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Terminal illness, Death, Racism, and Religious bigotry

wiwinia's review

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Death, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Animal death

Minor: War