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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Treasury by Sidney Paget, Arthur Conan Doyle

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mikcarrington's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

joshwrose's review against another edition

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4.0

Outstanding. Even a century later these stories are fun to read

cj13's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

julianna_schock's review against another edition

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4.0

i just read the hound of the baskervilles so i don't know about the other stories.

meganreads5's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

daniellew87's review against another edition

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5.0

Classic Sherlock Holmes. Doyle is a great writer, but some of the stories drag on, as was the custom at that time.

pvbobrien's review against another edition

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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

4.75

helytalae's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

ferrisscottr's review against another edition

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5.0

This book contains all 37 short stories of Sherlock Holmes plus the novel "Hound of the Baskervilles". I got this book about 25 years ago and have been reading one or two of the short stories every year.

Many many hours of enjoyment. Just a great read that I think everyone should experience.

I will be the first to admit that you really have to be in the mood for the style of writing that Doyle employs but when I'm in the mood nothing is better. Of course Sherlock Holmes is almost too smart to be believable and Watson can sometimes be a bumbling idiot but come on Holmes and Watson are two of the greatest characters in literature history! There are no secrets to give away or spoilers because we're all familiar with Sherlock Holmes so just go out and read this if you haven't.

orchidlilly's review against another edition

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adventurous funny 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

3.5

While fun and intriguing short stories that move quickly on their own, the Sherlock Holmes stories can be a bit wordy and tedious to read through. They are certainly better read one by one at varying times, rather than back to back as you would a novel, but that is how they're intended, so I cant count that as a negative. I'm sure there are some very good audio book versions out there, that might make reading all the stories in sequence a bit more bearable and less time consuming.

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