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eforw 's review for:
Mrs. Hudson and the Spirits' Curse
by Martin Davies
It was an interesting read, but I must say that I prefer the second book in the series.
Dr. Watson in this book felt as if he were only here as extra manpower, comedic relief and someone who could diagnose that someone else is dead. He was more in the way than he actually had things to do.
Sherlock Holmes seemed to make mistake after mistake and he didn’t seem as the genius that he normally portrayed at. But at least his relationship with mrs. Hudson was amazing.
Mrs. Hudson is the brain and operations, but she kept important information behind because she didn’t have any proof yet, but this led to the dead of others. I can understand this on one hand, because who would have believed her without proof, but she should have mentioned something. Yet by not doing this, we as the readers are kept in the dark until the very conclusion.
Then we get to our MC: Flotsam, because even though the book is called Mrs. Hudson and the case is the spirit’s curse, the whole book is written from Flotsam’s point of view. First things first, I feel sorry for her with that name. Really, who ever cam up with that name? Second, Flotsam was written dubiously, one moment she was a complete helpless young girl the other she was really smart and went off on her own to get important evidence without telling anyone. She is difficult to pinpoint, but she does absolutely adore Mrs. Hudson and would do everything for her.
Inspector Gregory makes a few appearances in the book and in those appearances you wonder how he became an inspector.
The case itself was interesting and well thought out. There were some details that you couldn’t have figured out without the characters telling you, but that made it even more interesting. Especially to see a case like this from a ‘household view’, whatever that means.
Dr. Watson in this book felt as if he were only here as extra manpower, comedic relief and someone who could diagnose that someone else is dead. He was more in the way than he actually had things to do.
Sherlock Holmes seemed to make mistake after mistake and he didn’t seem as the genius that he normally portrayed at. But at least his relationship with mrs. Hudson was amazing.
Mrs. Hudson is the brain and operations, but she kept important information behind because she didn’t have any proof yet, but this led to the dead of others. I can understand this on one hand, because who would have believed her without proof, but she should have mentioned something. Yet by not doing this, we as the readers are kept in the dark until the very conclusion.
Then we get to our MC: Flotsam, because even though the book is called Mrs. Hudson and the case is the spirit’s curse, the whole book is written from Flotsam’s point of view. First things first, I feel sorry for her with that name. Really, who ever cam up with that name? Second, Flotsam was written dubiously, one moment she was a complete helpless young girl the other she was really smart and went off on her own to get important evidence without telling anyone. She is difficult to pinpoint, but she does absolutely adore Mrs. Hudson and would do everything for her.
Inspector Gregory makes a few appearances in the book and in those appearances you wonder how he became an inspector.
The case itself was interesting and well thought out. There were some details that you couldn’t have figured out without the characters telling you, but that made it even more interesting. Especially to see a case like this from a ‘household view’, whatever that means.