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The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

10 reviews

latida94's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

There's a reason we're still obsessed with Sherlock Holmes today!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Antisemitism, and Murder

lucyhargrave's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I’m glad I finally finished this but I can’t say I particularly enjoyed listening to it. Some of the stories where intriguing and they kept you guessing but I couldn’t get other the (I suppose) period typical racism, sexism and the use of eugenics to sold the crimes. The N word is used throughout, anyone who isn’t British is described with negative connotations and women are either insipid lovelorn creatures or devilish temptresses with magical power over man. By the end I was over Holmes superior attitude and dislike of everyone but Watson.

I’m glad I read it purely due to the legacy Sherlock Holmes has left on literature and culture BUT I really couldn’t recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Drug use

peasandpancakes's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

alphabet_soup_books's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Classism

laurareadsbig's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

bluejay21's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Classism

scourtheatlas's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death and Murder

paigey04's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

schlong01's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It's exactly what one might expect when buying a book about Holmes stories. It is neatly compiled but the order of stories (not chronological but in publishing order) might be confusing at times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical content, and Murder

studiomikarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I'd read a good deal of the original Sherlock Holmes stories before starting this audiobook but it was here that I finally experienced them all. Stephen Fry was a phenomenal narrator! Excellent character voices, foreign accents, emotional delivery at all the right times--I suppose that's what you get when someone with true acting chops reads you some of the best stories ever written~ I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to anyone else narrate the Holmes canon. The inclusion at the beginning of each book of a foreword by Fry himself was an excellent move. Not only did I learn a ton about the stories and their author, I learned things about the narrator that tied him to the Holmes fandom and just made him more interesting than ever as a person. I'm sure this won't be the last time I listen to this audiobook!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail