A review by discodetective
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Hoping Doyle wrote the rest of the series much better than this.
The mysterious events themselves were so fun! It was feasible and enjoyable to follow Sherlock's logic in where/how he searched locations and why he suspected some people before he revealed his own deductions. I felt like I was also a detective! I'm not exactly sure why he's so condescending, but I found it incredibly grating.
I feel the last section is a slog. We have the perp, so why are we on the other side of the planet, with
the Mormons
no less? Victor Hugo never made me sit through such a detour! ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’” Maybe if it were placed just a chapter later or earlier where we didn't have any idea of the people involved or even if it was massively truncated, it wouldn't been so jarring.
Can't forget the racism, of course! It's expected of many things of this time, but I doesn't stop my eyes from rolling right out of my head!
Reading this alongside Charlotte Brontรซ's Jane Eyre has me noticing some things despite their vastly differing genres... ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ“
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