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haddybea14's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Didn't feel like Sherlock Holmes or Watson to me. And many parts/dialogue felt anachronistic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Torture, Death, Blood, and Police brutality
Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Rape, Drug abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia
Minor: Miscarriage
ash_e_moto's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
2.5
Definitely not fine literature. Not even very good 🫣🫣
morganoffey's review against another edition
2.0
Eh
A Sherlock Holmes story is made from all the pieces of the puzzle fitting neatly together and deductions that make you go "that's right, that makes sense!". None of that happened here. There was hardly even any investigating. The two times Holmes deduced something, his reasoning behind his deductions were vague and uncompelling.
Decent book, awful Sherlock story.
A Sherlock Holmes story is made from all the pieces of the puzzle fitting neatly together and deductions that make you go "that's right, that makes sense!". None of that happened here. There was hardly even any investigating. The two times Holmes deduced something, his reasoning behind his deductions were vague and uncompelling.
Decent book, awful Sherlock story.
katemoxie's review against another edition
2.0
I've never been a fan of Sherlock Holmes. Read this book because the author is a HS classmate of one of Peggy's friends. It was good, but I won't seek out another by this author.
competitive_reading_is_a_sport's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.5
Art in the Blood beautifully captures the voices of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson as originally conceived by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Watson takes a break from the settled life of a newlywed to join Holmes on a quest to recover a French chantuese’s child/a stolen statue of Nike and expose an English peer’s wrongdoing. Plenty of plot twists and Holmes’ unique brand of deduction, plus some new allies pack this slim novel. Caution: contains thematically dark elements.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Incest, Pedophilia, Death, Drug use, Addiction, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Child abuse, Police brutality, and Violence
petite_gloom's review against another edition
4.0
found this a little difficult to get into initially- kept putting it down every 20 or so pages and picking it back up later, only to put it down again. once it got going (about halfway through) I found it much more enjoyable, and look forward to getting started on the next book.
special mention for the acknowledgments at the end that detail the actors who inspired the authors visions of sherlock, john and mycroft, as they happen to align perfectly with my own. the book definitely reads more as a combination of these characters than a continuation of ACD's.
special mention for the acknowledgments at the end that detail the actors who inspired the authors visions of sherlock, john and mycroft, as they happen to align perfectly with my own. the book definitely reads more as a combination of these characters than a continuation of ACD's.
smatthew459's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
carol8's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
"Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature." Cicero
"'I am an artist; we are emotional. There is nothing new here.'"
"Her charming French accent only added to her allure."
"Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature." Cicero
"'I am an artist; we are emotional. There is nothing new here.'"
"Her charming French accent only added to her allure."
bibliotecadepueblo's review against another edition
3.0
Pero lo peor de todo era que había comenzado a dudar de nuestras propias habilidades. Holmes y yo habíamos cometido un error tras otro.
Por ahí sí que no paso. Holmes nunca comete un error tras otro. Uno puede. Más no. Mal, Watson, mal
Por ahí sí que no paso. Holmes nunca comete un error tras otro. Uno puede. Más no. Mal, Watson, mal