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This description of Watson’s grief was very heartbreaking to read. In so many Holmesian adaptations, Watson is overshadowed by the detective himself, but one of the things that I am liking so far about this novel is the attention paid to the doctor as equally as that of Holmes. I think the only other time where Watson’s depression after Mary’s death was explored as deep as this is in Sherlock…
— Jul 19, 2022 09:56AM
This description of Watson’s grief was very heartbreaking to read. In so many Holmesian adaptations, Watson is overshadowed by the detective himself, but one of the things that I am liking so far about this novel is the attention paid to the doctor as equally as that of Holmes. I think the only other time where Watson’s depression after Mary’s death was explored as deep as this is in Sherlock…
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Page 216: “Mousy Baxter [young, teenage member of the Irregulars] skipped out of the room, extracting a fresh Pasha cigarette from the packet as she went”
I just thought that this was a great example of juxtaposition between her childlike mannerisms (“skipped”)merging into adult behaviours (“cigarette”)- a subtle conceit about childhood innocence being tarred with the tough lifestyle of poverty in c19th.
— Jul 19, 2022 08:51AM
I just thought that this was a great example of juxtaposition between her childlike mannerisms (“skipped”)merging into adult behaviours (“cigarette”)- a subtle conceit about childhood innocence being tarred with the tough lifestyle of poverty in c19th.