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mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
adventurous
challenging
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
An interesting and unique take on the "choose your own adventure" genre. Using Sherlock Holmes as the concept for the story was perfect; who else would work so wonderfully for what I'm fairly sure is the first of its kind?
The puzzles were just the right amount of difficulty to require me to think but not be stumped. Having to use the code wheel built into the cover of the book was the icing on the cake. I love something tactile in my puzzles.
I honestly hope to see more escape books like this in the future, whether they still feature the great detective or go in a different direction, the concept is just a brilliant one.
The puzzles were just the right amount of difficulty to require me to think but not be stumped. Having to use the code wheel built into the cover of the book was the icing on the cake. I love something tactile in my puzzles.
I honestly hope to see more escape books like this in the future, whether they still feature the great detective or go in a different direction, the concept is just a brilliant one.
I’m giving this three stars because the puzzles were a bit uneven - some incredibly easy and a couple that required a big leap to solve. I also didn’t like how mean Sherlock was to Watson (especially in his thoughts). I didn’t remember Sherlock being so contemptuous of him in the canon but maybe my memory is incorrect. Otherwise, I thought this was fun and I liked the decoding wheel and the illustrations too.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
It’s a quick, fun book that’s enjoyable and does all you to pay attention. However, it also finds its plot lost in the puzzles which are largely irrelevant to the in-universe events. The characters also get lost to the format.
Content Warnings
Minor: Kidnapping
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Choose your own adventure, mixed with puzzles and codes to solve, all while following the plot of a story; not sure if it's intentional but this one was way harder than the first two books in the series - a lot of the puzzles didn't make sense to me, even after looking at the hint AND the answer in the solutions key; the frustration from that sadly took away from the experience a lot
Another fun romp of puzzles with good variety. I think this one was far easier than the first escape book, but I'm not sure if that was a good or bad thing. Book 1 spits you out in many different ways if you didn't get something right, where this one was much more forgiving. This took way less time, too, which may or may not be a good thing.
All in all, a fun date night activity!
All in all, a fun date night activity!