His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780192123152 (0192123157)
Publish date: 1993-10-28
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Sherlock Holmes (#8)
Although very repetitive and formulaic, I really enjoy the Sherlock Holmes short stories. They're fast paced, entertaining mystery nuggets that moulded a genre and even make great television to this day. Strangely, although this was the second last Holmes book to be published, it contains the last a...
I have been on a Sherlock Holmes spree for the past couple of weeks. I have watched probably 10 movies and am in the process of reading every story that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote about Holmes. While Holmes (almost) always solves his case, the stories never seem to grow monotonous. Sir Art...
I really don't know what happened but I didn't like this book at all. I'm not a massive fan of Sherlock Holmes, but Doyle's books usually intrigue me and I find myself wanting to know what's all the fuss behind the mystery, so I keep on reading until I find out .But this time, it didn't work. I got ...
Other thoughts/reviews:The Literary Omnivore: http://theliteraryomnivore.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/review-his-last-bow/
I have to admit that I still could not stop - being on many 21 hour buses might have helped, but I was still enjoying them, so that says something!
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