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liketheday's review
3.0
Short, quick reads for reminding yourself how dumb you are (at least compared to Holmes).
irrelivant's review against another edition
4.0
this was the perfect book for me to get back into reading! i love the bbc tv series, and the structure of it being a collection of shorter stories rather than one big one meant it was easy to pick up and read a whole story when i had the time.
marta0r's review against another edition
5.0
Sherlock Holmes is probably one of my favorite characters, and all of these stories were absolutely fantastic
mainebookworm22's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely brillant! Great stories! Perfect short stories to read while sitting by a cozy wood fire. Highly recommend.
#1 on the Top 100 Mystery Novels of All TIme selected by the Mystery Writers of America.
#1 on the Top 100 Mystery Novels of All TIme selected by the Mystery Writers of America.
lemeilleurs's review against another edition
3.0
I was actually kind of disappointed by this?? I’ve always LOVED the character of Sherlock in various movies and TV Shows so I was excited to finally read some of the stories. Turns out it wasn’t as exciting to read. Sherlock just gives you his deductive reasoning without a chance to solve it yourself, so it’s pretty dry reading. However his character comes across in the page exactly as on the screen!
vaiettuverso'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
magnetgrrl's review
4.0
I read some of these every October... and every now and again just because I like to live my life as if it's Halloween all the time, and mystery is always lurking around every corner. I'm working my way through reading all the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels more or less in order, and then I want to read The Final Solution by Chabon.
paulabaum's review
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.75
statman's review against another edition
4.0
It's been a long time since I read these. I loved them then and even though many years have past, they have not lost their impact. Classic and they have a sense of humor in them that I didn't notice the first time I read them.