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Title: The Casebook of Sherlock
Holmes
Series: Sherlock Holmes #9
Author:
Arthur Doyle
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Mystery
Pages: 309
Words:
84K
A bunch of short stories to round out and end
the career of Sherlock Holmes. While nothing was really good,
nothing was bad and I feel like this book sums up my overall
experience with Holmes.
I’ve always thought I was strictly an idea guy when it came to stories and that the characters were simply meant as bones to hang the “idea” on. Well, reading Holmes has made me realize that I’ve changed and I like a good, fleshed out and relatable character. Holmes and Watson are none of those and so it makes it hard for me to enjoy these. Of course, it might just be the era that Doyle wrote in. Then I realize that Dickens didn’t write like this, at all, so I think it was all on Doyle. When I’m reading a collection of short stories like this, I don’t expect great characterization, but none of the previous novels have ever given that to me either, so I can’t even rely on that.
While I am glad to have finally read the entire Holmes canon, I don’t foresee myself ever wanting to re-read these. I want something more than they offer and I don’t think the future me is suddenly going to want that “lack” and thus desire to try these again :-D
★★★☆☆
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