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bklassen 's review for:
A Study in Scarlet Women
by Sherry Thomas
DID NOT FINISH
Before you look at my 1 star and move on, please do not take my word as bond. I admittedly did not get very far in this book. This review is more for my own edification, and based on the other reviews I read, I decided life is too short to read books you don't enjoy. That being said, I also do not think this should be held against Sherry Thomas - she does not deserve a 1-star review, as I have read some of her other work and enjoyed it (to the best of my recollection).
My own notes include the overall strangeness of this book. I thought that maybe Charlotte, the main character, would solve crimes and be compared to the fictional Sherlock, but no, Sherlock is real in this book and too busy with other cases. Charlotte just happens to have the same last name, no relation. The book also opens with Charlotte losing her virginity impassively to an older, married man? The whole set up was so bizarre and difficult to follow. From there, based on either the characters or the writing or both, I found I was rather bored and incredulous and indifferent, so I set the book down.
Like I said, feel free to scoff at a review from a reader who did not get very far at all, but this review is more for me to remember why I didn't finish it and why I may need to defend my argument.
My own notes include the overall strangeness of this book. I thought that maybe Charlotte, the main character, would solve crimes and be compared to the fictional Sherlock, but no, Sherlock is real in this book and too busy with other cases. Charlotte just happens to have the same last name, no relation. The book also opens with Charlotte losing her virginity impassively to an older, married man? The whole set up was so bizarre and difficult to follow. From there, based on either the characters or the writing or both, I found I was rather bored and incredulous and indifferent, so I set the book down.
Like I said, feel free to scoff at a review from a reader who did not get very far at all, but this review is more for me to remember why I didn't finish it and why I may need to defend my argument.