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connoks's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
abrswf's review
3.0
This is a miscellaneous collection of Doyle's later stories, and two seem to include Holmes only as an (erroneous) newspaper contributor. They are all weak sauce -- contrived plots and often racist around the edges. Three stars because Holmes.
foxwrapped's review
4.0
Includes "The Story of the Man with the Watches," not technically a Sherlock Holmes story but it does have gay content (kinda).
lnatal's review
4.0
The Marlbourne Point Mystery
From BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama:
A new two-part Sherlock Holmes adventure, inspired by the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and written by Bert Coules.
From BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama:
A new two-part Sherlock Holmes adventure, inspired by the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and written by Bert Coules.
samj's review
5.0
I love these short mysteries of variable stakes. The mysteries are varied, and their results each different. Sometimes there's a crime, sometimes a misunderstanding. Sometimes there's a crime and Sherlock lets the criminal go. Sometimes the criminal gets away! There's something eminently entertaining about following Sherlock and Watson through the mysteries, guessing along with them and watching it all unfold. The best ones are the ones where the client is obviously being tricked and yet can't figure out why.
Aside rant: These are the episodic mystery capers missing from the modern Sherlock. With only three 90 minute episodes a series, every episode has to be of the highest stakes, and every mystery must have several steps. Rather than demonstrating Sherlock as an accomplished investigator through many mysteries, they simply take it as assumed, and imply that he solves lots of cases through montage sequences. It's an unfortunate restriction of the medium, as I'd take three of these mysteries dramatized over one too-complicated drama executed over an hour and a half.
Aside rant: These are the episodic mystery capers missing from the modern Sherlock. With only three 90 minute episodes a series, every episode has to be of the highest stakes, and every mystery must have several steps. Rather than demonstrating Sherlock as an accomplished investigator through many mysteries, they simply take it as assumed, and imply that he solves lots of cases through montage sequences. It's an unfortunate restriction of the medium, as I'd take three of these mysteries dramatized over one too-complicated drama executed over an hour and a half.
athenalindia's review
4.0
Ah, Sherlock Holmes. Methodical detective work at its finest. I find it telegraphs the ends more than more modern detective novels, but I kind of like that, given that it gives me more of a fighting chance to figure out what Watson can't. And indeed, I did very well with this collection.
There were two stories in the collection I had read before, but I'm not sure where or when. Only the two, though, the one about fuller's earth, and The Beryl Coronet.
But yes, Sherlock Holmes is always fun to read, lovely and stylish, and always intriguing. I haven't read many others, so I'll have to seek them out at some point. I did find it a little tiring that the stories, at the beginning of each one, had to find a reason why Watson was spending time with Sherlock Holmes rather than his wife, but the stories themselves were great fun.
There were two stories in the collection I had read before, but I'm not sure where or when. Only the two, though, the one about fuller's earth, and The Beryl Coronet.
But yes, Sherlock Holmes is always fun to read, lovely and stylish, and always intriguing. I haven't read many others, so I'll have to seek them out at some point. I did find it a little tiring that the stories, at the beginning of each one, had to find a reason why Watson was spending time with Sherlock Holmes rather than his wife, but the stories themselves were great fun.
xandira's review
4.0
Until recently, people seem to have forgotten how badass Sherlock really is. He is not the sit around smoking a pipe and telling people the answers to all their problems from the comfort of his own drawing room kinda person that a lot of media has made him out to be. He is a gun toting, bad guy beating, doing drugs cuz he's bored kinda guy. I'm very glad that the latest movie/TV adaptions are showing that side of him. These stories were a lot more entertaining than I was expecting.
enemieslist's review
4.0
Didn't hold up quite the way I remembered, but Holmes is still the archetype for every character I've ever truly loved. Was great before-bed reading despite some graying with age.