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aruba 's review for:
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
It is never to late to join the club or maybe it's absurd to think that there is still a following of Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery tales, I'm on the fence about it.
Sherlock Holmes has been reincarnated for Millennials and Gen-zers likewise, by Robert Downey jr. in feature films and by Benedict Cumberbatch in BBC adaptation of Holmes, in recent times.
Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson go about debunking the legend of Baskerville hound by catching the killer using the family legend to disguise his deed.
While reading the story, BBC adaptation keeps coming back to me as how much of Holmes personality is preserved despite modernising the entire plot by setting it in 21st century. From his long frock coat to his ignorance of the fact that earth revolves around the sun which he conveniently shrugs as unimportant since it doesn't serve to solve the case.
Doyle storytelling is like various mystery writings, killer remains in plain sight but only gets suspicious after two third of the story and finally gets caught. Doyle's tropes are greed, succession and superstition.
But, the meat of the story lies in Holmes method to the madness. How he catches the killer just by his prowess of observation and analysis which makes it a worthy read.
However, the style has been replicated and made into a popular mystery template which, unwittingly, renders the suspense at the mercy of readers imagination.
Sherlock Holmes has been reincarnated for Millennials and Gen-zers likewise, by Robert Downey jr. in feature films and by Benedict Cumberbatch in BBC adaptation of Holmes, in recent times.
Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson go about debunking the legend of Baskerville hound by catching the killer using the family legend to disguise his deed.
While reading the story, BBC adaptation keeps coming back to me as how much of Holmes personality is preserved despite modernising the entire plot by setting it in 21st century. From his long frock coat to his ignorance of the fact that earth revolves around the sun which he conveniently shrugs as unimportant since it doesn't serve to solve the case.
Doyle storytelling is like various mystery writings, killer remains in plain sight but only gets suspicious after two third of the story and finally gets caught. Doyle's tropes are greed, succession and superstition.
But, the meat of the story lies in Holmes method to the madness. How he catches the killer just by his prowess of observation and analysis which makes it a worthy read.
However, the style has been replicated and made into a popular mystery template which, unwittingly, renders the suspense at the mercy of readers imagination.