A review by eggjen
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

4.0

I don't know if I would have enjoyed this story as much if I weren't such a huge fan of the BBC series, Sherlock, but since I can't (yet) go back in time and unsee the show, I'll just have to base my feelings of the book around the fact that I've seen the show also and thus knew the major plot points. However, the original story is actually quite a bit different from the tv show's version and there were things I genuinely liked about each. I didn't really care for the middle part of the book where they leave Sherlock and Watson to further explain the back story of characters that I won't name here, cause you know, spoilers. But at the same time, I think the backstory was necessary so overall, I did enjoy the book and I'll definitely be reading more of Doyle's Sherlock stories soon.