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A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

14 reviews

eva_vva's review

adventurous informative mysterious reflective tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Colonisation

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

Though the novel was a bit slow at the start, it certainly picked up after page 45! I’m not a regular mystery reader, but I enjoyed this classic as it is both approachable and short. Part two was a wild ride. I know mysteries are supposed to keep you guessing, but I was expecting neither

murderous Mormons

nor

a cross-continental revenge plot

. It’s quite a convoluted tale, but I enjoyed it anyway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Blood and Kidnapping

wextra's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The first real detective novel and a fantastic start to the career of Doyle's beloved Sherlock Holmes, A Study In Scarlet does an extremely good job of investing the reader in Holmes and Watson and their intimate friendship. Essentially split into two parts, the section that details the motive of Holmes' suspect is less well-loved but underrated in my opinion, clashing somewhat with the Victorian English setting of Holmes' investigation (which was contemporary at the time of release) by taking place in a rather gritty Wild West. Fans of Westerns, however, will find a lot to love here and the clash is actually very entertaining if you're the audience for it. All and all a great start to the classic series of novels.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Murder

marthadude's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

I’ve been meaning to read this since I was little and I’m glad I finally got to it. People say that the second part of the book is jarring but since I knew it was coming I wasn’t phased and thought it was very engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, and Colonisation

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

A fun first book for sure, I can see why the public would've been so obsessed in the late 1800s. I don't have a lot of thoughts on the story otherwise, but I did rather like that the second bit gives us the murderer's full story and motive, even if some less observant readers found it a bit confusing.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

elaa0907's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Murder

vedpears's review

adventurous dark informative inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

zer0zer0's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Alcohol

nrogers_1030's review

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Stalking

lizzye33's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol