This is the first introduction that the world had to Sherlock Holmes and it seems it is here that Doyle developed the style that he used in his later books (and short stories). The first half has the problem being presented to Holmes and then in the second half Holmes unravels the mystery. However, ...
Ahhh, I know this was not my first Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Otherwise, not sure I would have picked up the second one.Ok, I'm in London, fog and all...mystery solved and wala, now in the desert of Utah. What the hell? New chapter, new story, what? What, what, what the hell?That just threw...
I can't say anything about the conversion of Doyle's text to comic book form, because I really didn't get far enough to really evaluate it. I couldn't take the illustrations. The artist's style was so bad (in my opinion) and so bizarre that I could not focus. I haven't had such trouble since the Art...
What an odd little mystery story this was! Sherlock Holmes has never been one of my favorite literary detectives. I always found him to be too pompous, and I never liked how snide he was to Watson, and to everyone else, really. I've started watching various iterations of Sherlock Holmes on TV, th...
Before reading this, my first reading of the Arthur Conan Doyle originals, my first encounter with Sherlock Holmes was CSI's Who Shot Sherlock episode. Since then I've enjoyed the likes of Mr. Patrick Jane of The Mentalist, Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock (BBC) and Johnny Lee Miller's Elementary. I'...
I have been doing some reading on the Kindle app on my phone while I rock my daughter to sleep. I've managed to get through the first of the 'Sherlock Holmes" novels, A Study in Scarlet. I won't do a proper review because Arthur Conan Doyle's work is too long established as classic for my opinion ...
Full review can be found at the SFF Book ReviewDr. John Watson has just returned from his work as a war surgeon in Afghanistan and is looking for somebody to share a flat with him. He is introduced to Sherlock Holmes, the only existing consulting detective in the world – and his theory of deduction....
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