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Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 6 years ago
As always with a set of stories this is a mixed bag, but there's a love of the stories of Sherlock Holmes that comes across from all of the stories. Little details like the Persian Slipper become stories. There's mashups from other stories (H G Wells War of the Worlds for example) and they often t...
The Reading Shed
The Reading Shed rated it 9 years ago
Thank you so much to the publishers and netgalley for this wonderful book xxI cannot get the late great David Bowie song out of my head, but that’s not a bad thing at all.This was a beautifully written and a little bit on the quirky side kind of book with lovely characters. The story was heartwarmin...
Bob @ Beauty in Ruins
Bob @ Beauty in Ruins rated it 9 years ago
Despite relying on the tired old trope of the amnesiac hero, David Barnett manages to concoct an entirely satisfying and thoroughly entertaining third adventure for our titular hero with Gideon Smith and the Mask of the Ripper.The legend of Jack the Ripper is something Barnett has been teasing since...
BOOKWRAITHS REVIEWS
BOOKWRAITHS REVIEWS rated it 9 years ago
Steampunk. Alternate history. Victorian fantasy. David Barnett’s Gideon Smith series can easily fit into any of those sub-genre of speculative fiction. No matter the label, however, one thing holds true for Mask of the Ripper and its predecessors: They are each rousing tales of daring-do with memora...
Danielle's Reading Adventures
Danielle's Reading Adventures rated it 11 years ago
George Mann and thirteen other writers provide new mystery-solving fodder for the famous duo of Holmes and Watson. I say well done over all. A couple of the stories were a bit dry (and I fell asleep reading those), but I enjoyed most of the stories. I liked how unique each one read, yet Holmes and W...
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