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The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody.
REREAD 2025. 3.5 stars. Every time I look at my rating for this book, I'm surprised to remember that I only gave it 3.5 stars. "Only" being very relative. 3.5 is a good rating for me! But this is one of my favourite series, and this book is one of the most popular. And in my mind, I feel like it should be up there with A Study in Scarlet. But then I reread it, and I'm like, yeah... I absolutely LOVE the setting and the atmosphere, I loved some of the little smaller problems, and I love all the Holmes/Watson moments in this. But the plot itself just doesn't really do it for me. Some parts of it, yes! But other parts are so obvious it's almost frustrating, and I got a little impatient with some of the conclusions.
But it's a Holmes book! I'll never not enjoy a Holmes book. Listened to the audiobook as read by Charlton Griffin, my very favourite version, and loved it as always. The little sound effects always get to me.
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The more I reread this the more I recognise some of the little holes in it, but god, nothing beats the Atmosphere™ of the moor in those early chapters.
The more I reread this the more I recognise some of the little holes in it, but god, nothing beats the Atmosphere™ of the moor in those early chapters.