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A review by thrifty_librarian
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
2.0
This is perhaps the best known of Doyle's Sherlock novels. In it, Sherlock and Watson investigate a family's curse and the appearance of a large, otherworldly hound that is suspected of murder.
This was my second attempt at this one, and I couldn't get into it either time. The writing is so dry. It's essentially "Here's this mystery I thought of, and here are all the clues and relevant characters, and here's the answer to the riddle." There is little character development, even of Sherlock and Watson. The only thing I gleaned about the two of them is that Sherlock treats Watson like a silly child and Watson is too dumb to notice.
Maybe I'm spoiled by the modernize, well-acted Sherlock movies, in which Sherlock is bumbling but still a genius and Watson has a mind of his own. I just wasn't grabbed by the story, and likely won't try others.
This was my second attempt at this one, and I couldn't get into it either time. The writing is so dry. It's essentially "Here's this mystery I thought of, and here are all the clues and relevant characters, and here's the answer to the riddle." There is little character development, even of Sherlock and Watson. The only thing I gleaned about the two of them is that Sherlock treats Watson like a silly child and Watson is too dumb to notice.
Maybe I'm spoiled by the modernize, well-acted Sherlock movies, in which Sherlock is bumbling but still a genius and Watson has a mind of his own. I just wasn't grabbed by the story, and likely won't try others.