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Golem's Shadow: The Fall of Sherlock Holmes Paperback – March 26, 2015
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First published June 24, 2015
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July 14, 2024
Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in ilis – časy sa menia a my sa meníme s nimi...
Veľmi príjemná pastiš zo Sherlokovského univerza. Od autora som kedysi čítal v anglickej verzii „Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Cold-Served Revenge“ a zaujalo ma to natoľko, že som sa rozhodol časom získať ďalšie jeho „Šerlokovky“. Tentokrát už v češtine a neľutujem. V tejto knižke vykreslí veľkého detektíva pomerne netradične a pátranie ich zavedie do Stovežatej. Veľmi ma prekvapilo zakomponovanie inšpektora Ledvinu (áno, toho z filmu Adela ještě nevečeřela). Potešila atmosféra, dobové reálie i dej. Možno ten záverečný súboj a aj etuda vo Vltave prišli trošku pritiahnuté za vlasy. Ale inak pre čitateľa, ktorý má rád legendárneho detektíva a jeho spoločníka Watsona, je to hodnotné čítanie. 4/5
Veľmi príjemná pastiš zo Sherlokovského univerza. Od autora som kedysi čítal v anglickej verzii „Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Cold-Served Revenge“ a zaujalo ma to natoľko, že som sa rozhodol časom získať ďalšie jeho „Šerlokovky“. Tentokrát už v češtine a neľutujem. V tejto knižke vykreslí veľkého detektíva pomerne netradične a pátranie ich zavedie do Stovežatej. Veľmi ma prekvapilo zakomponovanie inšpektora Ledvinu (áno, toho z filmu Adela ještě nevečeřela). Potešila atmosféra, dobové reálie i dej. Možno ten záverečný súboj a aj etuda vo Vltave prišli trošku pritiahnuté za vlasy. Ale inak pre čitateľa, ktorý má rád legendárneho detektíva a jeho spoločníka Watsona, je to hodnotné čítanie. 4/5
July 7, 2022
Zajímavá kniha z českého prostředí, která poskytuje možné vysvětlení, proč Holmes zanechal práce detektiva a uchýlil se na venkov a k chovu včel. Bohužel jako většina knih z této řady je plná chyb, až jsem měla pocit, jako by vůbec neprošla redakční úpravou. Škoda.
June 27, 2017
By the mid way point of this book I would have been hard pressed to rate it more than 2.5, but the ending drew it up to very near a full 4. A bit more early on and it might have flirted with a five.
June 11, 2016
Return of the Golem of Prague?
My sincere thanks go out to Steve and Timi at MX Publications for my review copy of this book. You guys make my day brighter…
Irene Adler has died and Holmes returned to dependence on his cocaine addiction. It has taken Watson several weeks to bring Holmes back from the living death that is drug addiction. The good Doctor knows that what Holmes needs most is a case, something to break the ennui that sends him scrambling for the needle.
A jilted bride brings her case to Baker Street. The man she was to marry turns out to be a con man that specializes in marriage frauds. He inserts himself into high society, and then uses that leverage to steal. In chasing him, Holmes and Watson trace him to France where they discover another victim, Countess d’Ambolieau, who now joins them in their search.
The trail leads to Prague, and to a hidden mastermind who has to be behind the con man and his schemes. Then a prostitute is slain in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. The only witness states that it was the Golem of Jewish legend, the one famously created by Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel centuries ago…
The story builds nicely and is well plotted and written. The final reveal was a bit of a shock, but that means the author has succeeded in his effort to conceal the mystery until just the right moment! I will give this excellent work five stars!
Quoth the Raven…
My sincere thanks go out to Steve and Timi at MX Publications for my review copy of this book. You guys make my day brighter…
Irene Adler has died and Holmes returned to dependence on his cocaine addiction. It has taken Watson several weeks to bring Holmes back from the living death that is drug addiction. The good Doctor knows that what Holmes needs most is a case, something to break the ennui that sends him scrambling for the needle.
A jilted bride brings her case to Baker Street. The man she was to marry turns out to be a con man that specializes in marriage frauds. He inserts himself into high society, and then uses that leverage to steal. In chasing him, Holmes and Watson trace him to France where they discover another victim, Countess d’Ambolieau, who now joins them in their search.
The trail leads to Prague, and to a hidden mastermind who has to be behind the con man and his schemes. Then a prostitute is slain in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. The only witness states that it was the Golem of Jewish legend, the one famously created by Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel centuries ago…
The story builds nicely and is well plotted and written. The final reveal was a bit of a shock, but that means the author has succeeded in his effort to conceal the mystery until just the right moment! I will give this excellent work five stars!
Quoth the Raven…
June 13, 2016
There are no ingenious steampunk inventions, Holmes isn't married and he does not ask Watson to bring a wooden stake instead of the old army revolver.
(Don't let the Golem bit fool you, forget paranormality.)
So... In that way it's old school. Sherlock is a little more... human, that's all. And that could have worked out just fine if the "mystery" itself hadn't been so weak and unengaging. A total mess really. I suspect not even the author himself found much interest in it. It's all about the last twist, and though unexpected, as a whole the soup is far to thin. (Thinking about it, maybe 3 stars is too generous?)
(Don't let the Golem bit fool you, forget paranormality.)
So... In that way it's old school. Sherlock is a little more... human, that's all. And that could have worked out just fine if the "mystery" itself hadn't been so weak and unengaging. A total mess really. I suspect not even the author himself found much interest in it. It's all about the last twist, and though unexpected, as a whole the soup is far to thin. (Thinking about it, maybe 3 stars is too generous?)
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