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2.5
This was…interesting. I enjoyed it up until around the last 10 chapters. After that point the plot and characters started to fall apart quickly. I hate giving this such a low score because I can tell the author put a lot of work into it, but it just didn't work out for me.
The beginning was really fun and I found myself getting a good chuckle out of all of the shenanigans and humor, but the last part of the book takes a really morose turn.
The writting and prose were overall good, but there were times when I felt the author was trying too hard to sound like a Victorian era writer by throwing in random fancy sounding words.
As the story went on the mystery started to feel convoluted and characters suddenly started to act extremely out of character. Random plot points are brought in that go nowhere. There is one scene where Holmes talks to Watson about what happened to his mother, but this scene adds nothing to the plot and bascially comes out of thin air. Once the scene ends it is never brought up again. There is an attempt at a romantic subplot between Watson and Mrs. Pearce that also ends up resulting in nothing. What was the point in adding these to the story if they don't A.) progress the plot or B.) result in character development?
I was hoping the book would have a more fun ending, but it ended up being rather depressing. And not a fan of what the author decided to do with Holmes' character in the end. I can see that he was trying to make a homage to Auther Conan Doyle’s supernatural beliefs, but it just felt completely wrong to try to justify Sherlock Holmes developing those same ideas.
I also can’t forgive the author for
If I could just rate the first part of the book I would’ve given it a 4. But I just can’t accept the ending, how the mystery ended up playing out, the random plot elements that went nowhere, and how the characters' personalities were completely thrown out the window.
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