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A Study in Scarlet - Penelusuran Benang Merah by Arthur Conan Doyle
11 reviews
elaa0907's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Sexism, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Murder
hell_demon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Sexism and Religious bigotry
forced marriage and therefore allusion to sexual assaultnrogers_1030's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Grief
Minor: Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Stalking
nicola4e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Death, Sexism, and Murder
Minor: Drug use
em_davies7019's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping
librarymouse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racism, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Sexism, Trafficking, and Stalking
Minor: Xenophobia and War
laurenmayb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Sexism
grimviolins's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Kidnapping, Grief, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Blood and Alcohol
hot_water's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism
chalkletters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This time, however, the story that used to enthral me has absolutely enraged me. Which isn't to say that <em>A Study in Scarlet</em> is any less interesting or less well written since I first experienced it all those years ago. It's just that I've become a more discerning reader, and that's actually pretty cool.
If you haven't read <em>A Study in Scarlet</em> and you care about spoilers, come back to this review later, because what so angered me is pretty crucial to the murderer's motive.
Jefferson Hope claims to love Lucy Ferrier so much that he devotes his whole life to revenge on the men who forced her into marriage. Alright, that's a little old-fashioned, perhaps, but <em>A Study in Scarlet </em>is set in 1880, so that's not my problem. My problem is that after Lucy gets married, Jefferson Hope walks away and leaves her to die. He is right there on the spot, he's already attempted to rescue her once, but as soon as he hears that the marriage has already taken place, he turns around and walks off! He makes no attempt to rescue her from a situation that he's told is so bad she will probably die of grief. And she does, she dies, all while Jefferson Hope is plotting to avenge her death!
I think when I was younger, I just accepted that, of course, marriage is forever, there's no way Lucy could be saved from it. And, to an extent, that might be true. Lucy, it is implied, is a religious woman in 1880. She might not have been in favour of divorce, even were it legally possible. But nobody asks her. Jefferson Hope doesn't ask whether she'd rather run away with him and live in sin than endure life married to a man who killed her father. It's not even stated in the text that he presumes to know what her preference would be.
He's just told that she's married and he walks away. It's presented absolutely without comment or question. And it's made me angrier than anything I've read in a long time!
While I wouldn't say that this detracted from the merits of <em>A Study in Scarlet</em>, it certainly has distracted me from the rest of the story. This review probably isn't a very useful one if you want to know whether you should read the book: but that's not really what this blog is about. This blog is about recording my experience of the books I read and, this time, my experience of <em>A Study in Scarlet</em> has been profoundly shaped by my distaste for a character I formerly sympathised with.
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent