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metamorphoses's review
3.0
Content warning for use of the n-word, domestic violence, sexism and yeah queer baiting (Watson is in love with Holmes and you cannot convince me otherwise)
It was alright, the atmosphere of the more is really were depicted and you can almost feel the cold and the fog around you.
The mystery though was quite easy to discover, or at least the murderer if not all the details. I was never really surprised.
It was alright, the atmosphere of the more is really were depicted and you can almost feel the cold and the fog around you.
The mystery though was quite easy to discover, or at least the murderer if not all the details. I was never really surprised.
jamieson's review
4.0
“It came with the wind through the silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and then the sad moan in which it died away. Again and again it sounded, the whole air throbbing with it, strident, wild and menacing.”
I enjoyed this so much! I've seen so many adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories - The BBC adaptation, Elementary, the movies featuring Robert Downey Jr, various book retellings - but I've never actually read any of the original stories. So it was nice to get into this and see what they're actually like compared to the adaptations.
I thought this story was a lot of fun. While it starts a little slow, you soon get drawn into the mystery and the spooky setting of the English moors. This was SO gothic! There was the misty moors, a mysterious pit where things go missing, a potentially supernatural hound that glows, murder, and strange noises being heard throughout the night. I loved how gothic elements played into this story - the atmosphere and aesthetic of the gothic was captured so well and you could just picture our heroes standing on the hills, looking down into the moors and hearing the echoes of animals echoing all around.
This was also surprisingly funny! and easy to read! I did listen to the audiobook, which may have helped. Stephen Fry is such an excellent narrator and I think he did an amazing job on this.
I have had the entire Sherlock Holmes collection on my TBR for some time and reading this has REALLY bumped up my desire to get to those soon!
connieischill's review
3.0
Holmes is a child this book literally ends with him asking Watson if they can go grab a bite to eat after a case that nearly ended with them dying
thebookishbabbler's review
5.0
Her lock Holmes never disappoints Me. I love them so much and this one was just another wonderful mystery. I love me some Sherlock and I loved this story to pieces.
zoe_'s review
4.0
“Do you not find it interesting?”
“To a collector of fairy tales.”
The difference between the Sherlock Holmes short stories and this longer tale, for me, really comes down to one aspect: I had no idea whom to suspect. In all of the short stories I'm rather quick in coming to a conclusion (sometimes I'm right, sometimes I'm not but that's beside the point) but in this story I was completely in the dark, which is really interesting because it made me rather dependant on Watson and his observations (and sometimes careful theories). This made for an interesting kind of suspense I hadn't really anticipated.
“There go two of my threads, Watson. There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you. We must cast round for another scent.”
However, apart from that suspense I confess to not really being fazed by the creepiness of the moor-setting or the case itself. I generally don't really get scared by a book but usually I'd have expected to be more in-tune with the atmosphere, which I wasn't in this case. But, honestly, that didn't really matter that much because I'm so much more focused on the case and the characters, rather than their setting.
The characters did not disappoint. Sherlock Holmes is as charmingly pesky as ever, Watson is as greedy for his approval as ever and the moor-folks are as eccentric as one would suspect. There was more than one occasion where I snorted a little laugh. Generally, this was great fun and I'm really excited to continue reading his adventures.
He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody.
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charlotteannehamilton's review
4.0
I got the complete collection on audiobook and the narrator is the best! He’s really making me enjoy these stories more than when I just read them... which is saying something as I own them on paperback and ebook.
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES is of course a well known story. Every adaptation of Sherlock Holmes has its own unique way of retelling the story. But it was nice to finally see the original story that started it all. Even with my knowledge of the previous portrayals, I found myself completely surprised at some points in this. I really enjoyed it and cannot wait to read the other books of Holmes!
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES is of course a well known story. Every adaptation of Sherlock Holmes has its own unique way of retelling the story. But it was nice to finally see the original story that started it all. Even with my knowledge of the previous portrayals, I found myself completely surprised at some points in this. I really enjoyed it and cannot wait to read the other books of Holmes!
ellabf717's review
4.0
This book really deserves its own fame. The best Sherlock I have read so far. I'd give it 4,5 - not 5, on account of the last chapter, which reveals all the clues you could have picked up on already. Very Sherlock, but the reader isn't stupid.
kalidels's review
5.0
Still as brilliant and exciting as I remembered it. Also, Conan Doyle really went and ended this detective story with Holmes treating Watson to a night on the town (read: romantic date) consisting of sexy dinner at an Italian restaurant called Marcini's and a box at the opera Les Huguenots. Fucking incredible. Happy 20gayteen