Elizabeth’s Reviews > The Complete Sherlock Holmes > Status Update
Elizabeth
is 65% done
Like: Aw, Sherlock is such a good friend, but he always tries to hide it. It’s cute, not so much for what’s included as for what’s left out. (He’s one of those guys who doesn’t show emotion.) Adorable.
Don’t like: Watson had such a sweet courtship in Sign of the Four, and now ***SPOILER ALERT*** his wife has died (of something? I assume?) and the whole thing is glossed over. He’s widowed in the background. No info.
— Aug 30, 2018 09:28PM
Don’t like: Watson had such a sweet courtship in Sign of the Four, and now ***SPOILER ALERT*** his wife has died (of something? I assume?) and the whole thing is glossed over. He’s widowed in the background. No info.
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Elizabeth
is 94% done
Dragging my feet because I don’t want it to be over.
Lots of creativity and varied approaches in this last collection. 3rd person POV, Sherlock narration, vampire story—he’s trying lots of different things before he says goodbye to Holmes.
— Sep 09, 2018 12:33PM
Lots of creativity and varied approaches in this last collection. 3rd person POV, Sherlock narration, vampire story—he’s trying lots of different things before he says goodbye to Holmes.
Elizabeth
is 88% done
“There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.”
— Sep 06, 2018 09:24PM
Elizabeth
is 82% done
Just LOVED The Dying Detective! Poor Watson—such a loyal friend!
— Sep 02, 2018 08:54PM
Elizabeth
is 27% done
Some thoughts:
The writing is getting better.
Watson is getting better at thinking like Holmes. Holmes is delighted.
The police who deal with Holmes are much less inept than the ones from earlier in the series.
Holmes doesn’t seem to like women, but he respects strong, independent women. He is also very kind. He’s surprising.
— Aug 11, 2018 07:53AM
The writing is getting better.
Watson is getting better at thinking like Holmes. Holmes is delighted.
The police who deal with Holmes are much less inept than the ones from earlier in the series.
Holmes doesn’t seem to like women, but he respects strong, independent women. He is also very kind. He’s surprising.
Elizabeth
is 26% done
Like the characters so much! Watson is a dear heart, and Sherlock, for all his gruffness, can be very kind. I also like how John is irritated at Sherlock’s flaws: no free pass for his shortcomings.
Some stories hint at an unreliable narrator—love that! Even egotistical Holmes implied once that Watson embellishes Sherlock’s role. Holmes seems keen to include John and finds him useful. Is Watson downplaying himself?
— Aug 10, 2018 08:51PM
Some stories hint at an unreliable narrator—love that! Even egotistical Holmes implied once that Watson embellishes Sherlock’s role. Holmes seems keen to include John and finds him useful. Is Watson downplaying himself?
Elizabeth
is 3% done
Just finished A Study In Scarlet. What a beautiful introduction to Sherlock’s character! I didn’t like him very much from the short stories I’d read before, but here, in the first S.H. tale (and a longer tale at that), Doyle does a great job of developing his character. He’s flawed and interesting and likeable in a way that just can’t come through in a short story. So glad to be reading these in order now!
— Aug 07, 2018 01:38PM
