Tag: 3 Star Books

Holmes is engaged initially by a pawnbroker. He’s upset by the loss of a well-paying, part-time job. One that doesn’t require many hours and, when it does require work, doesn’t interfere with his busiest times at the pawn shop. To Sherlock Holmes, it may be much more than it appears. Could it be the beginning of a larger mystery? Using minute details of the small one, he works to solve the serious one. “Depend upon it,” said Holmes to Watson in “A Case of Identity.” “There is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.”

I had high expectations for this one which I didn’t quite live up to. 

The plot here is was okay and it was enjoyable and interesting in a way. But still I feel that it could have been better than it actually was. To be fully honest here the plot here was a little bit weak but I still had fun time reading this one.

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman – Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation – which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair – even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, ‘Isn’t it gorgeous!’

This book I need to be honest here and say that it wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be. 

The plot here is okay for the most part but I wish that it could have been better than it actually was. The plot here was enjoyable and interesting but in my opinion there was something missing in it. 

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

Our first meeting with Sherlock Holmes. And John Watson’s too! The young doctor is astonished by Holmes’ many idiosyncrasies, including his talents on the violin. But it’s not long before Sherlock Holmes, with Watson in tow, is working with Scotland Yard investigating the murder of two Americans whose deaths have some mysterious connection to sinister groups gathering power in both Britain and America.

So this one was the first time ever I read Sherlock Holmes I can’t believe I waited 20 years to read it. It should be a crime to wait so long. Because Sherlock Holmes is the godfather to the deceptive genre which we see now.

The plot here was meh to be fully honest here. It was okay but it wasn’t a mind fuck as I wanted it to be. The plot will give you an enjoyable time reading it and it doesn’t need a lot of brain power because we get the mystery all laid out easily at the end.

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5