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A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro
5.0
A QUESTION OF HOLMES: A Subjective Analysis
Charlotte Holmes isn't your typical 18- year old girl — probably every female protagonist ever. But, she is a descendant of Sherlock Holmes. Ergo, her detective (she doesn't like that term, though) skills. She was trained to be a professional crime-solver, and all went according to plan until Jamie Watson (a descendant of Dr. Watson).
Their friendship has been tested in the first three books, and in this last book, we get to explore more of that in Holmes' perspective. Here, we get to see the aftermath of her going into rehab (for the nth time) and therapy (her first).
The book takes place on a summer, in Oxford, where the two of them started taking summer classes. Charlotte was asked for help by the Dramatics Society director after a theater girl went missing last summer and there was a so-called Orchid Attack. Of course, in the end, the both of them solved the case.
What's interesting about this book to me is not the plot, though— it's the character development and the narration. I mean, how often do we read from the POV of a girl who's a professional in sleuthing and deducing, yet someone who has been an addict and has been sexually abused? She's still the same old Charlotte who can deduce your life story just by looking at you for a moment, and that's her without exerting any great deal of effort. However, after therapy, she has found herself missing a part of her— a part she never got the chance to explore whilst kept under her parents' wings. She never says it directly, but the fact that she's now dating Watson and in summer class screams the normalcy she never expected to have. No one was trying to kill her. That enough kind of undid her. Nevertheless, she started feeling joy— which was once an inconvenience to her— and love.
Other than her character, this book also highlights the importance of knowing a person deeper before entering a relationship. I have no idea how to explain that thoroughly, but I've learned that much.
Also, I have learned that observing is different from judging. We all know that, but it's something we seem to forget.
I'm bad at this analysis, but all in all, it's a 5-star book for me. It made me remember what I loved about the characters and story when I read the first book. I haven't read a book this good for so long, and I'm glad I read this.
Charlotte Holmes isn't your typical 18- year old girl — probably every female protagonist ever. But, she is a descendant of Sherlock Holmes. Ergo, her detective (she doesn't like that term, though) skills. She was trained to be a professional crime-solver, and all went according to plan until Jamie Watson (a descendant of Dr. Watson).
Their friendship has been tested in the first three books, and in this last book, we get to explore more of that in Holmes' perspective. Here, we get to see the aftermath of her going into rehab (for the nth time) and therapy (her first).
The book takes place on a summer, in Oxford, where the two of them started taking summer classes. Charlotte was asked for help by the Dramatics Society director after a theater girl went missing last summer and there was a so-called Orchid Attack. Of course, in the end, the both of them solved the case.
What's interesting about this book to me is not the plot, though— it's the character development and the narration. I mean, how often do we read from the POV of a girl who's a professional in sleuthing and deducing, yet someone who has been an addict and has been sexually abused? She's still the same old Charlotte who can deduce your life story just by looking at you for a moment, and that's her without exerting any great deal of effort. However, after therapy, she has found herself missing a part of her— a part she never got the chance to explore whilst kept under her parents' wings. She never says it directly, but the fact that she's now dating Watson and in summer class screams the normalcy she never expected to have. No one was trying to kill her. That enough kind of undid her. Nevertheless, she started feeling joy— which was once an inconvenience to her— and love.
Other than her character, this book also highlights the importance of knowing a person deeper before entering a relationship. I have no idea how to explain that thoroughly, but I've learned that much.
Also, I have learned that observing is different from judging. We all know that, but it's something we seem to forget.
I'm bad at this analysis, but all in all, it's a 5-star book for me. It made me remember what I loved about the characters and story when I read the first book. I haven't read a book this good for so long, and I'm glad I read this.