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A review by tea_rex_love
The Musgrave Ritual by Arthur Conan Doyle
4.0
I love this story so much, mostly because it includes a lot of iconic images we associate with Sherlock Holmes. SO many icons, it brought me happiness when I read the words: "he affected a certain quiet primness of dress," "his tobacco in the toe end of a Persian slipper," and "his unanswered correspondence transfixed by a jack-knife into the very centre of his wooden mantelpiece."
It came of no surprise to me that Holmes would keep the flat in a disarray, for, "he had a horror of destroying documents". I had to laugh when Watson wrote that Holmes could only bring himself to clean once every year or two. I can relate. Holmes is such a Type A procrastinator that he distracted Watson from making him clean by telling him a story.
The idea of Holmes telling Watson a story of his past by the firelight is so homely to me. I'm sure I will reread this story very soon, mayhaps as an amazing pick-me-up.
It came of no surprise to me that Holmes would keep the flat in a disarray, for, "he had a horror of destroying documents". I had to laugh when Watson wrote that Holmes could only bring himself to clean once every year or two. I can relate. Holmes is such a Type A procrastinator that he distracted Watson from making him clean by telling him a story.
The idea of Holmes telling Watson a story of his past by the firelight is so homely to me. I'm sure I will reread this story very soon, mayhaps as an amazing pick-me-up.