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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
4.0
adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A real delight. As with any selection of short stories, and especially with these being of a broadly pulp variety, there are ups and downs in here. 

But to me, the main draw of this series is to get a real boots-on-the-ground look at Victorian life. Doyle writes fairly offhandedly about the minutia of everyday life, and the way that that society solved problems is fascinating to me.