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zephyrsilver 's review for:
The Italian Secretary
by Caleb Carr
DID NOT FINISH
I'm not even sure if I really have much of an opinion on this book, honestly. I just know that I don't really want to finish it.
I got about half way through, more than that actually. But at one hundred and seventy pages, I realized I wasn't completely sure I knew what was happening in the book. I'd also put it down for two weeks to read some library books.
One thing Carr did well was make it seem a lot like Doyle's writing. He definitely seemed to get that down. Unfortunately for me, I'm not very good at reading anything writing in the old-fashioned way. I'm not sure what the difference is, but I do have a harder time paying attention to the book and actually grasping what's happening. So, I'm mixed about that.
Watson and Mycroft seemed a tad bit off to me. Holmes a little as well, but not nearly as much. Again, I really wasn't paying all that much attention to this book.
I'm just not a huge fan of pastiche books. Fan-fiction I have no problem with, but when it gets published... I'm not so sure about it anymore. I know, it's weird. I don't completely understand.
It's by no means a bad book, I just sort of didn't care to keep reading it. I'm not even sure why I have it.
I got about half way through, more than that actually. But at one hundred and seventy pages, I realized I wasn't completely sure I knew what was happening in the book. I'd also put it down for two weeks to read some library books.
One thing Carr did well was make it seem a lot like Doyle's writing. He definitely seemed to get that down. Unfortunately for me, I'm not very good at reading anything writing in the old-fashioned way. I'm not sure what the difference is, but I do have a harder time paying attention to the book and actually grasping what's happening. So, I'm mixed about that.
Watson and Mycroft seemed a tad bit off to me. Holmes a little as well, but not nearly as much. Again, I really wasn't paying all that much attention to this book.
I'm just not a huge fan of pastiche books. Fan-fiction I have no problem with, but when it gets published... I'm not so sure about it anymore. I know, it's weird. I don't completely understand.
It's by no means a bad book, I just sort of didn't care to keep reading it. I'm not even sure why I have it.