I'm not kidding about those four stars. This was actually pretty excellent, despite everybody, especially Anna, taking themselves too seriously. It had the important distinction that changing the setting actually changed the story itself.
Really worth the read.
Good thing about this book: The cover is really prettyBad thing about this book: I've no idea at whom this book is aimed.For someone who is new to Sherlock Holmes the books contain certainly some interesting information about him and give a good overview but they also contain spoilers for many stori...
This is a great little book of Holmesian trivia and techniques: a sort of How-to-be-Sherlock-Holmes manual. Sadly, it cannot give one a genetic predisposition to deductive genius!Light-hearted and fairly slight, it should nevertheless be a fun read for both the Holmes enthusiast and the general read...
When I agreed to be part of the Android Karenina blogsplosion, I knew it was going to be an interesting experience. I've read the P&P inspired books -- and obviously am familiar with P&P -- so I got the in-jokes and the references, and could compare it to the original. With this, I haven't read An...
Make it stop.