Though it deals with zombies and vampires, I tagged it for my "mystery and detective" shelf because it is more of a mystery tale than an actual horror tale, plus the gore factor is pretty minimal. Considering the crappy way zombies and vampires have been handled lately, this is actually a pretty goo...
The illustrations were nice and sometimes quite cute (the badger in the cage sticking its paw out at Watson was a particular favorite) and the smoggy darkness of late 19th century London was well captured. My major issue with this is that it was not narrated by Watson, making some depictions of char...
Introduction This is a good book, however, one major crictical flaw that I am finding in Oscar Wilde's writing style is that he loves run on sentences. Examples to follow as I document my notes. I do love his writing style aside from that though. Plot This is the story of Dorian Gray, a self indulge...
Pretty good graphic novelization. Culbard lets the pictures do their thousand word thing and leaves out most of Lovecraft's purple prose for just the spare dialog. Almost anti-Lovecraft which is refreshing for a Lovecraft novelization. After building the suspense, a little weak on the payoff; I w...
This is the one where Watson meets Mary and we meet depressed and addict Holmes. Said like that it doesn't sound too interesting but it is. In this second adventure, Holmes is on the trail of a murderer, a thief and a lost treasure, we get a hot pursuit on the Thames and a chase with a dog that ends...
Important: Our sites use cookies.
We use the information stored using cookies and similar technologies for advertising and statistics purposes.
Stored data allow us to tailor the websites to individual user's interests.
Cookies may be also used by third parties cooperating with BookLikes, like advertisers, research companies and providers of multimedia applications.
You can choose how cookies are handled by your device via your browser settings.
If you choose not to receive cookies at any time, BookLikes will not function properly and certain services will not be provided.
For more information, please go to our Privacy Policy.