A review by ptothelo
The Sherlockian by Graham Moore

3.0

I enjoyed the book, the jumping from past to present was clear and well done. Sometimes when I read books like that I end up just wanting to read one narrative or the other but I was fine with going back and forth here. I grew up as a fan of Sherlock Holmes but never read much about Conan Doyle himself. It's fun to see how maddening Holmes can be to Conan Doyle and how much more real Holmes is to most people than its creator. Now I'm a little tempted to read more about Conan Doyle.

Interesting questions are asked like "Is the mystery more pleasurable than the solution? Is knowing more satisfying than wondering?" and it's a question I asked myself about this book when I got to the end and so I wish one of the endings was different.