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booksmcg 's review for:
A Study in Scarlet Women
by Sherry Thomas
This was a great start to a series.
I've never been a literary Sherlock Holmes fan, so I can't speak to how true to the original it is, but it fit with a lot of what I've gleaned from Sherlock and the Robert Downey Jr. films.
What I most liked was that Charlotte Holmes did not immediately leave home and find success. She made mistakes and she paid the natural consequences for them. Even when she finally met her Watson, by the end of the book we find out that this was through the kindness of a friend.
I'm not sure how I feel about the adultery sub-plot - it takes a very strong writer to make me okay with cheating - I'll have to see where that goes in future books. I think it's being set up well, but will likely cause problems during a future crime.
The regular Sherlock archetypes are there, albeit in different forms. All in all, I look forward to the next book!
I've never been a literary Sherlock Holmes fan, so I can't speak to how true to the original it is, but it fit with a lot of what I've gleaned from Sherlock and the Robert Downey Jr. films.
What I most liked was that Charlotte Holmes did not immediately leave home and find success. She made mistakes and she paid the natural consequences for them. Even when she finally met her Watson, by the end of the book we find out that this was through the kindness of a friend.
I'm not sure how I feel about the adultery sub-plot - it takes a very strong writer to make me okay with cheating - I'll have to see where that goes in future books. I think it's being set up well, but will likely cause problems during a future crime.
The regular Sherlock archetypes are there, albeit in different forms. All in all, I look forward to the next book!