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emromc 's review for:
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
BEST. THING. EVER. If you haven't read Sherlock Holmes, read it. You'll love it. Since everyone probably knows exactly who he and Doctor Watson are, here is a short list of my top ten favorite stories in no particular order:
1. A Study in Scarlet (the one where Holmes and Watson meet, so a fantastic character study as well as a neat little mystery. Well, little as in this is one of the four novelette-sized stories, but still pretty short)
2. The Greek Interpreter (meet Mycroft Holmes, everyone)
3. The Illustrious Client (my favorite Holmes villain ever in this one, even over Professor Moriarty - horrifying and completely satisfactory end for the devil, a facepalm moment for Holmes, and a hilarious mission for Watson)
4. The Dying Detective (dying Holmes, frantic Doctor Watson, lots of intrigue and a fantastic ending)
5. Charles Augustus Milverton (in which Holmes and Watson face off against the "Napoleon of Blackmail [to borrow from BBC's Sherlock], break into a house [again] and Holmes proposes to a poor unsuspecting girl just for kicks)
6. A Scandal in Bohemia (Irene Adler: the woman who beats Sherlock Holmes)
7. The Sussex Vampire (don't remember how this one ends, honestly, but Holmes vs. Vampire is always epic)
8. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (nothing too spectacular about this one except the moment at the end when Holmes and Watson share a moment that is honestly my favorite two paragraphs in the entire canon. Holmes DOES have a heart, everyone)
9. The Adventure of the Final Problem/The Empty House (Ok, this might be cheating to combine them, but its really two halves of the same story: Holmes' "death" and resurrection. Featuring some of the most brilliant and moving moments in the Holmes/Watson friendship ever)
10. The Hound of the Baskervilles (because its the Hound, and also its a genuinely frightening story sometimes, with a great Holmes reveal in there and disgruntled!Watson heading up the investigation)
If I had to choose a favorite character in literature (and I couldn't choose Atticus Finch for some reason), I would have to choose HolmesWatson. Because they come in a package. And if I was stuck on a desert island and could only choose one book to bring with me (and I couldn't choose scripture), it would be this one. I will never not read these stories. The end.
1. A Study in Scarlet (the one where Holmes and Watson meet, so a fantastic character study as well as a neat little mystery. Well, little as in this is one of the four novelette-sized stories, but still pretty short)
2. The Greek Interpreter (meet Mycroft Holmes, everyone)
3. The Illustrious Client (my favorite Holmes villain ever in this one, even over Professor Moriarty - horrifying and completely satisfactory end for the devil, a facepalm moment for Holmes, and a hilarious mission for Watson)
4. The Dying Detective (dying Holmes, frantic Doctor Watson, lots of intrigue and a fantastic ending)
5. Charles Augustus Milverton (in which Holmes and Watson face off against the "Napoleon of Blackmail [to borrow from BBC's Sherlock], break into a house [again] and Holmes proposes to a poor unsuspecting girl just for kicks)
6. A Scandal in Bohemia (Irene Adler: the woman who beats Sherlock Holmes)
7. The Sussex Vampire (don't remember how this one ends, honestly, but Holmes vs. Vampire is always epic)
8. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (nothing too spectacular about this one except the moment at the end when Holmes and Watson share a moment that is honestly my favorite two paragraphs in the entire canon. Holmes DOES have a heart, everyone)
9. The Adventure of the Final Problem/The Empty House (Ok, this might be cheating to combine them, but its really two halves of the same story: Holmes' "death" and resurrection. Featuring some of the most brilliant and moving moments in the Holmes/Watson friendship ever)
10. The Hound of the Baskervilles (because its the Hound, and also its a genuinely frightening story sometimes, with a great Holmes reveal in there and disgruntled!Watson heading up the investigation)
If I had to choose a favorite character in literature (and I couldn't choose Atticus Finch for some reason), I would have to choose HolmesWatson. Because they come in a package. And if I was stuck on a desert island and could only choose one book to bring with me (and I couldn't choose scripture), it would be this one. I will never not read these stories. The end.