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A review by orchidlilly
The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget, Arthur Conan Doyle
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
While fun and intriguing short stories that move quickly on their own, the Sherlock Holmes stories can be a bit wordy and tedious to read through. They are certainly better read one by one at varying times, rather than back to back as you would a novel, but that is how they're intended, so I cant count that as a negative. I'm sure there are some very good audio book versions out there, that might make reading all the stories in sequence a bit more bearable and less time consuming.
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