The introduction to the great detective Sherlock Holmes, Dr John Watson having had his health damaged in Afghanistan is looking for lodgings in London and is introduced by a friend to Holmes who is looking to share lodgings in Baker Street.Sherlock Holmes has bent his life and education towards turn...
Actual rating: 4.5 starsAugust 12th, 2012: Review coming soon. :)... Well, now it's December 18th, so HAHA I LIED. Gosh, I don't think my review situation has ever been this out of hand. I remember the days when I used to just read things and review them the next day or whatever. Good times, good ti...
After I read The Lost World, I was eager for more brilliance from Conan Doyle. And I loved this short novel. I knew of Sherlock Holmes through "reputation", as one of the most celebrated characters in British fiction, and there seemed to me to be a certain exclusiveness to the "I have read Sherlock ...
3.5 StarsThe book keeps you ticking all the time. At the start you don't seem to like the character of Sherlock Holmes. He seems to be too pretentious and so proud in his own abilities that he considers everyone around him as fools. But as the story moves forward and molds you start liking all the c...
This was my first Holmes book and yes, I am hooked. For me this was a great introduction to how Watson and Holmes met and the backgrounds that created these fascinating men. I really like both. Watson is so different from Holmes and is the more practical and immediately likeable. I don't read a lot ...
I was really tempted to give this book 2 stars because it is not as well written or as interesting as many other Sherlock Holmes' mysteries. However, this book introduces Sherlock Holmes to the reader. We meet Dr. Watson, who has just returned from the war in, guess what, Afghanistan. He is suffer...
Reading 'A Study in Scarlet' I saw how it became a hit and also why my professor didn't assign it along with other Holmes stories when I took British Detective Fiction. Parts of the story's content is unusual and Watson and Holmes was a great pairing from the start, but on the other hand, Holmes is ...
There often tends to be something special about the very first book of an incredible series of brilliant books. And those adventures chronicling the pursuits of Sherlock Holmes are no different. Yet at the same time the shine of this book is let down by a single piece of narrative featuring love, Mo...
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