On the whole, this is a really good collection. I like the stories more than the novels because they are much more satisfying puzzleboxes than the novels seem to be. In part, because the novels have to be grandiose to justify their length, but often the mysteries themselves are no more strong than in the shorter stories. Maybe that’s why there’s 56 stories and only four novels. In this collection, we have the following stories, for which I will do a few capsule reviews. “A […]
A Study in A Study of Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Like another reviewer, I got that Stephen Fry collection of Sherlock Holmes. I have read a few of the novels fairly recently, so I will skipping those, but I hadn’t read A Study in Scarlet before. I will tell you straight off I have a hard time being unbiased about Sherlock Holmes so I will likely give all them a pretty high review score, and well, I think we’ll all be ok on the other side of it. I suppose there’s not a lot of new […]
Elementary, my dear Cannonballers.
Yes, he did it. Stephen Fry narrated all of Sherlock Holmes canon plus a personal prologue for each and every book. This is a total of 9 books, 72 hours, all in one pretty little package available for one measly audible credit. Plus a free 30 minute Audible Sessions interview where he’s talking about his experience recording both this and the Harry Potter series. If you, like me, love a good Sherlock Holmes adaptation (or any adaptation) but never actually got around to reading the original books, […]
The Final (Sherlock Holmes) Countdown
All right, folks. I’ve finally reached the end—the last of the Sherlock Holmes mystery collections! I’m excited to have made my collection complete. I don’t know if I’ll need to go through a re-read of the entire series again, though I definitely have favorite stories I’ll want to revisit. I’ve definitely decided NOT to go through with the Anthony Horowitz adaptations, but I WILL be giving the Mary Russell books a try. And I definitely need to rewatch some Sherlock after this. As always, I […]
The penultimate Sherlock story extravaganza
I’m winding down to a close with the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Thanks to the hints and clues dropped in His Last Bow, I think I would enjoy the Mary Russell mysteries. The idea of Holmes beekeeping initially seems like kind of a cop-out on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s part, but Laurie R. King seems to have taken the idea and turned into something interesting and provocative. Anyway: back to this collection. I thought there were some strong adventures here, and it seems like Doyle knew […]
The final Sherlock Holmes novel
In my Sherlock Holmes reading, I vaguely remember reading The Valley of Fear many years ago, but I couldn’t have told you what it was about. Part of my mission in going through the stories and novels this time was for my own memory purposes. While The Valley of Fear doesn’t break a lot of new ground, it does give insight into Sherlock Holmes’ method of investigation. Plus, the novel gives Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to develop more of the methodology and adventure one comes […]
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