Reviews - A Study in Scarlet Illustrated

7.03k reviews for:

A Study in Scarlet Illustrated

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.92 AVERAGE

halfiegh's review against another edition

4.0

4.25/5

What a delightful, unpredictable read!

thenoirheretic's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readingwithmaars's review against another edition

4.5

i’ve been a sherlock fan since my teens and have seen just about every sherlock adaptation there is except for the original story, until today. i had a lot of fun! it did veer off randomly and switch povs near the middle which did feel a bit redundant, but other than that i really enjoyed this book.

side note: i couldn’t help but notice john referred to sherlock as his “partner” throughout the whole book until the final line where he calls him his “friend”… very interesting indeed.

prof92's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lee_eel's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

pk1's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I was enjoying the first half, but Doyle lost me in the second with the western/Mormon part.

robberooms's review against another edition

3.0

Quite a good murder mystery, and a great introduction to Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. It’s a bit weird that there are so many chapters dedicated to the ‘origin story’ of the murderer, but it remained interesting nonetheless.