Rating 2/5
The first of the four Sherlock Holmes novels.
I had huge expectations from it, after all, it’s SHERLOCK HOLMES!
Since it’s the very first novel, It starts with the introduction of Dr. Watson & Sherlock Holmes. The character of Sherlock is well portraited. The plot was intriguing too!
Everything was going nice, Plot was crisp, Stage was all set and then …. like a rock part 2 hit me right in the face!
Part 1 is awesome, but Part 2 is lame, seriously lame. If Sherlock had not been famous, I won’t have even thought of reading any other Sherlock novel, now the only reason I want to read other novels is to know how a disastrous start was turned into one of the most famous series ever written!
After completing part 2 I was like:
Favorite quote from the book:
- “To a great mind, nothing is little,’ remarked Holmes, sententiously.”
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I disagree with you in ratings of the book….It at least deserves 3 stars. 😦
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Sorry, but I couldn’t help it , part 1 deserves 5 stars ! But part 2 , it really let me down !
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Is this the one about Mormons? I think I enjoyed it, but it’s not the best. I recommend The Valley of Fear or The Hound of the Baskervilles, out of the novels. I hope you really enjoy the next one you read! 🙂
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I am reading in Chronological order. 😇 though I have read the hound of Baskerville (I had that in my academic syllabus) I love it !
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Nice! That’s how I read them too- found a huge compilation at a library book sale and read them all as bedtime stories lol. I hope you enjoy the rest of them more than you did this one!
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Hopefully ! 🙂
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Too bad you didn’t enjoy the book. Perhaps you expected it to be more like the movies and tv shows? At any rate, I wanted to tell you that I LOVE the picture you chose for your book review page. It make me want to dive in and start reading.
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I had great expectation from the book! But the part 2 of it , the mormor one is soo lousy, Infact if you Google a bit you will find there are soo many inconsistencies with the book. I really enjoyed part 1 though.
Glad that you liked the pic . 🙂
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I agree the case is a bit weird but the way it establishes the character of Sherlock Holmes is amazing! I do prefer the short stories to the novels though, think it was more what the character was designed for.
Zoe
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Yes, I rated it 2 stars just for the way it established the character of Sherlock !
I am starting to read the short stories novel 🙂
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Although I do not agree with the low ratings, I totally agree with you that the second part was boring. Unnecessarily drawn out and extremely lagging!
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The second part made me feel soo low that I had to rate it low ! 😦
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Have to disagree, my rating would be 4 out of 5 at first I didn’t like the back stories but then I came to like the depth Doyle gives even his potential criminals.
The sign of four and the valley of fear both have terrific back stories too. I especially like the curve ball in the vallèy of fear. Allornothingblog.co.uk I write a little analysing the Holmes Canon
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