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The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

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pedanther's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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hellonovahere's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

so incredibly racist and sexist but what can you expect from an Englishman from the 1800s.

overall, a pretty bland read; not anything to write home about and not something i'd recommend, really. a bit long-winded in the very last chapter, but that's just a personal opinion. it's saving grace was the humour, some of which still holds up pretty well.

ymmv with this book, but my opinion of it was severely soured by the overt racism.

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pengintoppa's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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softiejace's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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3.0

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ashlurtis's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This is the first time I've ever willingly read a Sherlock Holmes book and I was both surprised and not at all surprised. I've seen the newer movies and know the "lore" of the character to a certain extent, but I was not at all ready for the blatant descriptions of drug use! Bizarre, to say the least! It can be fun to read from different times/eras, and it can also be a little uncomfortable.

I did not understand some of the lingo which I think made the story a little shallower for me, but overall I don't think I missed too much. I chose this book because it was on the smaller side, but I felt like the mystery was solved really quickly and then the back story took up most of the end, which I didn't really care about since the book was so short. I didn't have time to get invested in any of the characters, so I didn't much care where the stolen treasure came from?

Of course there is something to be said for canon and I will most likely read more of the Doyle books I have sitting on the shelf, but I'm not running to them.

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hello_lovely13's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I liked the structure of this book better than the first one; there was a better balance between the criminal’s story vs the actual solving of the crime, following Sherlock and Watson (leaning heavily towards following the narrative of the latter). However, the sheer amount of racist content in this book really decreased my enjoyment.

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