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cmbohn 's review for:
The Italian Secretary
by Caleb Carr
Got this one on tape it was so boring that I didn't even finish the first side. Long descriptive passages of a train ride, no action, and I just couldn't get into the characters. Sorry, Sherlock!
UPDATE:
Trying it in print this time, as I keep hearing how good it is. We'll see.
2nd UPDATE:
Still found it boring. I wish I hadn't bothered to give it a second chance. Sherlock talks way too much. The story wasn't very interesting either.
I have decided that when it comes to pastiche books, what you think really depends on your conception of the characters. If you think of Sherlock Holmes as an analytical, cold, strictly logical kind of guy, you won't be happy with anything else. If you think of him as repressed, with a secret passion for Watson, Irene Adler, a secret someone, or a wicked sense of humor, or a secret spiritual side, then you won't be at all happy with the kind of book the former reader would like.
I'm somewhere in the middle. I don't mind occasional forays into something different, but extremes of experimentation really turn me off. This one didn't have a dramatically different interpretation of Holmes or Watson, but it didn't seem to have anything new to say either. Not for me.
UPDATE:
Trying it in print this time, as I keep hearing how good it is. We'll see.
2nd UPDATE:
Still found it boring. I wish I hadn't bothered to give it a second chance. Sherlock talks way too much. The story wasn't very interesting either.
I have decided that when it comes to pastiche books, what you think really depends on your conception of the characters. If you think of Sherlock Holmes as an analytical, cold, strictly logical kind of guy, you won't be happy with anything else. If you think of him as repressed, with a secret passion for Watson, Irene Adler, a secret someone, or a wicked sense of humor, or a secret spiritual side, then you won't be at all happy with the kind of book the former reader would like.
I'm somewhere in the middle. I don't mind occasional forays into something different, but extremes of experimentation really turn me off. This one didn't have a dramatically different interpretation of Holmes or Watson, but it didn't seem to have anything new to say either. Not for me.