Sherlocked!: The Official Escape Room Puzzle Book

by Jason Edinger, Mike Kalyan

Step into the shoes of the world's favorite detectives and help Holmes and Watson solve a kidnapping case while systematically becoming trapped in a series of locked rooms themselves. This unique puzzle book emulates the experience of working your way out of an escape room. These have become a popular pastime with puzzlers of all ages, with an estimated 10,000 escape rooms worldwide. The mysteries of the case reveal themselves as you solve logic puzzles, unravel riddles, crack codes, unlock doors, and discover secrets. With decisions to make along the way and four possible endings, you are sure to get lost in this intricate and mysterious tale—but hopefully not forever. With puzzles created by the Escape Room Guys—expert escape room consultants based in the US—and an intriguing story written by professor Tom Ue, this official Sherlock Holmes book is the perfect gift for puzzlers, escape room enthusiasts, or Holmes fans.

304 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2020

Reviews

[Gabri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty entertaining if you enjoy a Sherlock story where you get to participate :) However, whereas some decisions don't affect the plot at all (you just choose a worse option, but the outcome is the same), near the ending, there are a few crucial decisions to make that will create a wholly different conclusion to the story. While it's pretty cool that you can 'influence' the storyline by your choices, it meant that in some possible storylines, some curious details were neglected entirely or interpreted differently. I would have preferred it had the plot been the same and your choices only affected the outcomes rather than the plot itself. Only one version can be the real version of events, after all.
But a great way to pass the time nonetheless!

[Johanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing. Few actual puzzles, and the book is badly formatted so it's too easy to see solutions to the various questions as soon as they're asked. The hints are in no particular order and some of the puzzles, solutions aren't provided. At least the cases are in keeping with the characters (I've read other Sherlock escape room books where they are unrelated to anything Sherlockian), and the book itself is a good size, on nice paper.

[Tammy · Rating 2 out of 5]

As other people already wrote, the formatting is bad.. you don't know how far you can read before reading the answer to the question. Also the hints and the story don't always give you the answer..

[S117 · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's not clearly marked how far you can read before you should answer a question, I kept reading too far and seeing the answers. Also you'll need a lot of prior knowledge to solve some of the puzzles. For me it ends up being not really a puzzle book, but also not a fiction book. They also try to make it into a choose your own adventure book, but seeing as there often is only one "right" option that doesn't work either. Didn't end up finishing it.

[Puigiel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dass es ein Mitmachbuch ist, ist ein ziemliches Highlight. Die Rätsel sind teilweise ziemlich simpel und teilweise mit den gestellten Infos nicht zu lösen. Bei einigen gab es auch Fehler im Abdruck, was ziemlich irritierend war. Aber glücklicherweise kann man das Buch auch sehr gut lesen ohne die Rätsel zu lesen. Nette Geschichte.

[Jacqui · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm really not a choose your own adventure girl. However this read more like a book. I enjoyed it but am still not a fan of the genre.

[Ambi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed the "choose your adventure" angle. Easy fun read when you need a break from long heavy books

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice re-introduction to Sherlock, and it left me craving more.