Reviews

Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra by Paul D. Gilbert

runesen's review against another edition

3.0

Seems to be a middle of the lane Sherlock story, the atmosphere of the 1800's is there, and there is a mystery, one might want a little more of Sherlocks deductions than are present in this book. But all in all, it is a Holmes story, it feels like a Holmes story, but the story and its resolution will not be on the list of the best Holmes stories

sean67's review against another edition

1.0

Boy this one was a bit of stinker to be honest, already could be the worst title of the year - and apparently there is someone else who has written a book with he same title unless this geezer is Paul Gilbert.
anyway criminally boring.

cattovich's review against another edition

DNF @ 25% … note to self: with Conan Doyle’s originals being on such a pedestal, everything else will be substandard!

cmbohn's review against another edition

2.0

With a title like that, you know it's not meant to be taken seriously. I'm fine with that. But well, it wasn't any fun either. One of Watson's acquaintances comes asking for help only to be murdered the next day by a mysteriously rodentine assailant. Holmes and Watson set off to Asia to track down the bad guy. Watson turns into a ladies' man, ending up in a Singapore brothel. Holmes has a crush on a Chinese woman. They find the bad guy and kill him.

And yet, like I said, it wasn't much fun. I got pretty tired of it. The whole romantic angle added nothing to the story. The only thing I liked about it was Captain Macdougall, a strangely named African Muslim. I liked him a lot. Whenever he left the story, I got bored.

Maybe for Holmesians, but I'm not going to read more by this author.

vesper1931's review against another edition

4.0

1898 Holmes is faced with two cases, that of the ship Matilda Briggs, an abandoned ship, and that of Daniel Collier son of the explorer Sir Michael Collier. Daniel is concerned for his father.
An entertaining Holmes story