I started listening to the audiobook yesterday morning while trying to avoid having to go out into the snowy madness of town, and then got distracted by doing household chores. However, there was a point where Faye's grumpy version Holmes (not how I see the original character, but it may well be ...
As both a Sherlock Holmes pastiche and a fictionalization of the Ripper murders, this novel is completely on point. The writing and character portrayal is delicious, the language use is perfection. Holmes is a bit warmer than his original self, but not so much it's jarring. Just enough to make him ...
I have a complicated relationship with Jack the Ripper fiction. I really want to like it but I rarely do. In fact, the only one I really enjoyed was Melanie Clegg's From Whitechapel and you could argue that it is more a novel that uses the case as background than an actual Ripper-novel. My track-rec...
Some of you may remember from years past that I enjoy participating in a yearly reading challenge in the fall called R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril (or R.I.P.) which has traditionally been hosted by Carl at Stainless Steel Droppings. This year (the 10th year of the challenge), he has asked the amazing...
Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson by Lyndsay Faye My rating: 5 of 5 stars It is inevitable that writers feel a deep-seated urge to pit Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper. The murders happened in the midst of Holmes's career; his contemporary readership mus...
Lyndsay Faye's first novel before she moved on to 1800's New York. A mix of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper is a difficult minfield of an idea to walk through. Lyndsay nails it. The right amount of reverance and insider knowledge of all things sherlock is evident. Couple that with well sprinkle...
Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Inspector Lestrade, and a motley crew of associates investigate the Jack the Ripper murders. Impeccable research into the crimes, affectionate and knowing portrayals of the Conan Doyle/London universe--what's not to like? This is fan fiction at its best, and that's not a...
I enjoyed it. This was a more compassionate Holmes than in some other incarnations. Watson was mostly portrayed as intelligent but did have occasional moments of cluelessness. Faye did a good job with Holmes' increasing frustration and real pain at the cost of his continued failure.
I wish I had words for how much I enjoyed this book. Unfortunately, I don't. Instead, I'll just say that it sticks to canon, sticks as much to facts as a fictional piece of writing can and the language is mesmerising. If that doesn't convince you to read Dust and Shadows, just take my word when I sa...
Overall I liked Dust and Shadow, and would be inclined to give it 3.5 stars. It really felt like a Sherlock Holmes story that was very cohesive with the
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