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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Ok, either ACD is growing as an author, or his writing style is growing on me. I suspect both.
A collection of classic Sherlock Holmes tales. There's some duds in the pack, but most of them move along. Some of the mysteries are pretty easy to guess. A couple depend on incredibly effective disguises (including at least one that fools Holmes) and a couple where a parent screws over a child because of an inheritance.
ACD is getting better with his continuity. Holmes smokes the same clay pipe, and clients are referred to the same basket chair. Holmes and Watson are pretty crappy housekeepers. The apartments are continually strewn with newspapers. I pity Mrs. Hudson.
Also, Holmes almost never makes money. In some cases he refuses a fee because the case was singular in some way. I suppose he can stretch one £1,000 fee for several years, but still.
I split reading this book between the ebook and a Librivox recording. I enjoyed the recording, but it took me a while to get over the character voices. They were not great, but it did help to keep the characters straight.
A collection of classic Sherlock Holmes tales. There's some duds in the pack, but most of them move along. Some of the mysteries are pretty easy to guess. A couple depend on incredibly effective disguises (including at least one that fools Holmes) and a couple where a parent screws over a child because of an inheritance.
ACD is getting better with his continuity. Holmes smokes the same clay pipe, and clients are referred to the same basket chair. Holmes and Watson are pretty crappy housekeepers. The apartments are continually strewn with newspapers. I pity Mrs. Hudson.
Also, Holmes almost never makes money. In some cases he refuses a fee because the case was singular in some way. I suppose he can stretch one £1,000 fee for several years, but still.
I split reading this book between the ebook and a Librivox recording. I enjoyed the recording, but it took me a while to get over the character voices. They were not great, but it did help to keep the characters straight.