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221B: Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle

9 reviews

latida94's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

There's a reason we're still obsessed with Sherlock Holmes today!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Death, Blood, Antisemitism, and Racial slurs

lucyhargrave's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.5

I’m glad I finally finished this but I can’t say I particularly enjoyed listening to it. Some of the stories where intriguing and they kept you guessing but I couldn’t get other the (I suppose) period typical racism, sexism and the use of eugenics to sold the crimes. The N word is used throughout, anyone who isn’t British is described with negative connotations and women are either insipid lovelorn creatures or devilish temptresses with magical power over man. By the end I was over Holmes superior attitude and dislike of everyone but Watson.

I’m glad I read it purely due to the legacy Sherlock Holmes has left on literature and culture BUT I really couldn’t recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Kidnapping, Racism, Stalking, Racial slurs, Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Classism, Death, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Antisemitism

Minor: Drug use

meecespieces's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

peasandpancakes's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

Minor: Drug use, Death, Addiction, Murder, and Drug abuse

alphabet_soup_books's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Xenophobia, Addiction, Antisemitism, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Ableism, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic friendship, War, Death, Racism, and Drug abuse

laurareadsbig's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Classism, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and Ableism

bluejay21's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Confinement, Classism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Racism

schlong01's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It's exactly what one might expect when buying a book about Holmes stories. It is neatly compiled but the order of stories (not chronological but in publishing order) might be confusing at times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Death, and Medical content

studiomikarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I'd read a good deal of the original Sherlock Holmes stories before starting this audiobook but it was here that I finally experienced them all. Stephen Fry was a phenomenal narrator! Excellent character voices, foreign accents, emotional delivery at all the right times--I suppose that's what you get when someone with true acting chops reads you some of the best stories ever written~ I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to anyone else narrate the Holmes canon. The inclusion at the beginning of each book of a foreword by Fry himself was an excellent move. Not only did I learn a ton about the stories and their author, I learned things about the narrator that tied him to the Holmes fandom and just made him more interesting than ever as a person. I'm sure this won't be the last time I listen to this audiobook!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Violence, Confinement, Colonisation, Medical content, Murder, Trafficking, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Stalking