A review by kingofspain93
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

3.0

a very fun start gives way to a tedious adventure/revenge tale set in Salt Lake City (?). it's as though Doyle wasn't yet sure that Holmes and Watson were interesting enough to sustain a whole novel so he put in a bunch of filler. the central mystery turns out to be almost a non-event, too, that gets wrapped up quickly and with very little sleuthing required, so maybe Doyle was just trying to get a feel for the genre. I'm looking forward to future installments though! and boy we have really been fucking over Afghanistan for centuries huh.