Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz

19 reviews

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

elzmri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

Horowitz portrays Holmes and Watson brilliantly, and I really like his writing style. However the content of the crimes that they were investigating, which were revealed towards the end, was really difficult to read and I wish I had seen the content trigger warnings beforehand. As a review on the front cover notes, Horowitz certainly does explore the “capital’s dark underbelly [more] than Conan Doyle ever did”, but I found this to be a bit too triggering and shocking for me and I was close to having to put the book down, but I tried and managed to read it to the end. Nevertheless, I hope for Horowitz to write more Holmes pastiches in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

rebekka_evie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

As Doctor Watson lays in his hospital room, in his old age, he reflects on his life. And he wants to write down one last Sherlock Holmes case. The case of the House of Silk.
Which are actually two cases. I found it great how Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson were woven into these two cases at once. Both curious and captivating. Old characters were brought back to life and got to investigate again.
The language used by Anthony Horowitz was appropriat and at the same time easy to read. He approached the project with respect towards the old stories and Doyle. Sherlock Holmes wasn't re-invented, merly brought back for another case or two.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

ghouligan's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Murder, and Classism

magkerr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, and Murder

mari_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I wanted to like this book more than I did. It got good in the end, when some of the more unrelated pieces started fitting together but overall this book rambles in a passive narrative style. And, I feel like many important characters were shortchanged and shallow. Maybe I would like this better if it were a movie? Moves very slow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, and Murder

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

littlemozart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

A fast-paced page turner - I really enjoyed this coda to the Sherlock Holmes series. Holmes and Watson were very well portrayed, and all of the threads of the mysteries were drawn together well at the end of the book.

It is worth noting, however, that all in all this was a serious, dark read, with not much redeeming lightness.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, and Murder

Minor: Addiction

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder