3.24.2005
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1122 pgs hardcover
Amazon website
Overall Grade: A+
Sherlock Holmes is the bomb. I can't think of anything more enjoyable in the mystery dept. than his sardonic, quiet way of detecting. This anthology has ALL Doyle's works about Holmes, including all of the novels and all of the short story collections. I have to say that out of all of them, I only figured out two before they were explained out.
Anyway, for those who may have never heard/read of Sherlock Holmes before (and where the ^*&* have you been if you haven't?!), these stories are about the turn of the 20th-century British detective called Sherlock Holmes who investigates crimes & other odd cases merely for the mental challenge involved in solving them. He uses a fair amount of forensics for his day as well, and science is always cool. Most of the stories are written from the perspective of, and thus involve, his friend Dr. John Watson, who shares the reader's view of being completely baffled by most of Holmes' detecting and marvelled by how he makes connections and solves things. Good reads all.
Amazon website
Overall Grade: A+
Sherlock Holmes is the bomb. I can't think of anything more enjoyable in the mystery dept. than his sardonic, quiet way of detecting. This anthology has ALL Doyle's works about Holmes, including all of the novels and all of the short story collections. I have to say that out of all of them, I only figured out two before they were explained out.
Anyway, for those who may have never heard/read of Sherlock Holmes before (and where the ^*&* have you been if you haven't?!), these stories are about the turn of the 20th-century British detective called Sherlock Holmes who investigates crimes & other odd cases merely for the mental challenge involved in solving them. He uses a fair amount of forensics for his day as well, and science is always cool. Most of the stories are written from the perspective of, and thus involve, his friend Dr. John Watson, who shares the reader's view of being completely baffled by most of Holmes' detecting and marvelled by how he makes connections and solves things. Good reads all.
Labels: genre: fiction, media: book
