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chloeoldroyd 's review for:
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
A decent read but underwhelming as far as Sherlock Holmes stories go. The majority of the story follows Watson, which when I think back was a strange plot choice, not just because it was boring and he had almost no clue what was going on, but because some of the choices made by him were so ridiculous it actually became quite embarrassing. At one point Watson and the baron decide to go and hunt a mass murderer in the woods with only big sticks for protection. They find him, chase him, run out of breath, go home and then agree to let him jump on a boat to South America in a few days time. You know, hoping he’s changed his mental disorder since being in prison for a few months?? Believe it or not, the mass murderer in the woods was actually a red herring and there was ANOTHER murderer living round the moors?! Crazy, I know. When Sherlock did eventually show up again, there was very little classic Sherlock deduction going on which is what everyone reads these books for, so I was quite glad to finish it and was in desperate need to pick up Poirot for that hit of constant uncertainty and confusion until the very end. All in all, slightly amusing but mostly disappointing. I’ll get over it.