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bluejay21's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-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? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Classism
studiomikarts's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
I'd read a good deal of the original Sherlock Holmes stories before starting this audiobook but it was here that I finally experienced them all. Stephen Fry was a phenomenal narrator! Excellent character voices, foreign accents, emotional delivery at all the right times--I suppose that's what you get when someone with true acting chops reads you some of the best stories ever written~ I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to anyone else narrate the Holmes canon. The inclusion at the beginning of each book of a foreword by Fry himself was an excellent move. Not only did I learn a ton about the stories and their author, I learned things about the narrator that tied him to the Holmes fandom and just made him more interesting than ever as a person. I'm sure this won't be the last time I listen to this audiobook!
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail