Reviews

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

lae313's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

mairelon's review against another edition

3.0

This one wins points for not having a prolonged flashback to Utah for half the book, as well as namedropping the Ballarat goldfields.

It loses points for the murderer being an

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Era typical racists caricature of a very, very short cannibalistic indigenous person

and not a

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monkey, like I'd thought.

vonfletchington'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

ellie_cripps's review against another edition

3.0

Zips along at a good pace but far less compelling than I had expected. Certainly well written, and I'll keep checking out the series when I have the time.

xyber0915's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

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

2.0

tcumplido'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? No

3.5

gandalf04's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.0

kraken14's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

ljm1028's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

3.0

jjuliaagriss's review against another edition

2.0

Eh, was kinda uninterested in this one. I didn’t like the criminal’s backstory whatsoever.