jennie1999's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-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
3.0
listi's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
4.25
bertturtel's review against another edition
4.0
Wonderful tale that stand the test of time. I thoroughly enjoyed the narration.
Listened to this on chirpbooks.com.
Listened to this on chirpbooks.com.
evygirl's review against another edition
4.0
Fire. Kind of repetitive after a while but these were all really good
novelyon's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Medical content, Addiction, Death, and Medical trauma
Minor: Blood, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Classism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, and Violence
vi__'s review against another edition
4.0
This is one of my favorite Sherlock Holmes cases and I find it so fun. The back and forth between Watson and Holmes is so funny. Plus the actual case is so interesting. I had no idea all the way through but by the end everything clicked. I wish we got more Watson but still.
4.5/5
4.5/5
andreacavrlj's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
natalie001'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
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
hermance's review against another edition
4.0
"I have always held, too, that pistol practice should distinctly be an open-air pastime; and when Holmes in one of his queer humours would sit in an arm-chair, with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V.R. done in bullet-pocks, I felt strongly that neither the atmosphere nor the appearance of our room was improved by it." Dr. Watson, The Musgrave Ritual, p.1.
Sherlock Holmes: classic stories contains nine short stories and one crime novel which Arthur Conan Doyle himself considered to be the best adventures of the most famous fictional detective in an article published in The Strand Magazine in 1927. The nine short stories present in this collection of classic stories include the following:
The Musgrave Ritual (1893)
The Speckled Band (1892)
The Five Orange Pips (1891)
The Reigate Squire (1893)
A Scandal in Bohemia (1891)
The Red-Headed League (1891)
The Final Problem (1893)
The Empty House (1903)
The Devil's Foot (1910)
As for the tenth story, it is none other than The Hound of the Baskervilles, published in 1902, one of the best-known of Arthur Conan Doyle's crime novels, and which might also be the only tale out of the sixty Sherlock Holmes adventures that oscillates between the detective and supernatural genre.
Like most people, I was familiar with the universe of Sherlock Holmes and its characters: Dr. John Watson, Inspector G. Lestrade, and Professor James Moriarty as well as Irene Adler; either by watching Guy Ritchie's film adaptations or by watching Steven Moffat's BBC series adaptation. However, I wasn't familiar at all with Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories and writing style. That's why I believe that Sherlock Holmes: classic stories is a good place to start for whoever has never read any Sherlockian detective tales before. But I do think that the short-stories should have been placed in chronological order so as to prevent clumsy transition from one story to the next.
Sherlock Holmes: classic stories contains nine short stories and one crime novel which Arthur Conan Doyle himself considered to be the best adventures of the most famous fictional detective in an article published in The Strand Magazine in 1927. The nine short stories present in this collection of classic stories include the following:
The Musgrave Ritual (1893)
The Speckled Band (1892)
The Five Orange Pips (1891)
The Reigate Squire (1893)
A Scandal in Bohemia (1891)
The Red-Headed League (1891)
The Final Problem (1893)
The Empty House (1903)
The Devil's Foot (1910)
As for the tenth story, it is none other than The Hound of the Baskervilles, published in 1902, one of the best-known of Arthur Conan Doyle's crime novels, and which might also be the only tale out of the sixty Sherlock Holmes adventures that oscillates between the detective and supernatural genre.
Like most people, I was familiar with the universe of Sherlock Holmes and its characters: Dr. John Watson, Inspector G. Lestrade, and Professor James Moriarty as well as Irene Adler; either by watching Guy Ritchie's film adaptations or by watching Steven Moffat's BBC series adaptation. However, I wasn't familiar at all with Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories and writing style. That's why I believe that Sherlock Holmes: classic stories is a good place to start for whoever has never read any Sherlockian detective tales before. But I do think that the short-stories should have been placed in chronological order so as to prevent clumsy transition from one story to the next.
sarahsbooksx's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0