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“The Adventure of the Priory School” By Arthur Conan Doyle Review

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Holmes receives a visit from Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, the founder and principal of a preparatory school called Priory School in Northern England. He beseeches Holmes to come back to Mackleton with him to look into the disappearance of one of his pupils, the ten-year-old Lord Saltire, whose father is the very rich and famous Duke of Holdernesse.

The plot in this one is been what I’ve been waiting for in a Sherlock Holmes story. The plot his is a complete masterpiece. And a part of me wish that it would have been longer so that I would enjoy this story longer.

This one is very interesting, enjoyable and entreating which a Sherlock Holmes should be like. 

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“The Adventure of the Final Problem” By Arthur Conan Doyle Review

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Sherlock Holmes has determined that there is a diabolical mastermind behind the criminal activities in London. It’s Professor Moriarty. The two men of genius pursue each other towards a final showdown.

The plot in this one is been what I’ve been waiting for in a Sherlock Holmes story. The plot his is a complete masterpiece. And a part of me wish that it would have been longer so that I would enjoy this story longer.

This one is very interesting, enjoyable and entreating which a Sherlock Holmes should be like. 

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“The Adventure of the Dying Detective” By Arthur Conan Doyle Review

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The plot in this one is been what I’ve been waiting for in a Sherlock Holmes story. The plot his is a complete masterpiece. And a part of me wish that it would have been longer so that I would enjoy this story longer.

This one is very interesting, enjoyable and entreating which a Sherlock Holmes should be like. 

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“The Yellow Face” By Arthur Conan Doyle Review

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In “The Yellow Face,” Grant Munro thinks his wife is being blackmailed. He’s distraught and hires Sherlock Holmes to find out the details. He tells the story to Holmes and Watson of a strange apparition at a nearby cottage recently rented, of his wife’s visit to the cottage at 3 in the morning when she thought he was asleep, and her recent break in amiable behaviour. Holmes ponders and then states that he believes he has the answer. Yet, in Watson’s summary of the case, he indicates that it was a failure. What did you say?

The plot in this one is been what I’ve been waiting for in a Sherlock Holmes story. The plot his is a complete masterpiece. And a part of me wish that it would have been longer so that I would enjoy this story longer.

This one is very interesting, enjoyable and entreating which a Sherlock Holmes should be like. 

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“The Man With The Twisted Lip” By Arthur Conan Doyle Review

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Holmes and Dr. Watson discover each other in the black shadows of a smoke-filled opium den in the basement of the very house where Holmes is investigating his latest murder case! But of course the good doctor is only there to hunt down the drug-addicted husband of his wife’s dear, but distraught, friend. Sound confusing? For all but The Great Detective, it probably is. And we haven’t even talked about the murder yet!

The plot in this one is been what I’ve been waiting for in a Sherlock Holmes story. The plot his is a complete masterpiece. And a part of me wish that it would have been longer so that I would enjoy this story longer.

This one is very interesting, enjoyable and entreating which a Sherlock Holmes should be like. 

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“A Scandal in Bohemia” By Arthur Conan Doyle Review

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Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to recover blackmail evidence, held by the woman whom the king once promised to marry, but abandoned for a woman of noble birth. Can he do it? How will he do it? 

The plot in this one is been what I’ve been waiting for in a Sherlock Holmes story. The plot his is a complete masterpiece. And a part of me wish that it would have been longer so that I would enjoy this story longer.

This one is very interesting, enjoyable and entreating which a Sherlock Holmes should be like. 

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“The Sign of Four” By Arthur Conan Doyle Review

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As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman – Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation – which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair – even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, ‘Isn’t it gorgeous!’

This book I need to be honest here and say that it wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be. 

The plot here is okay for the most part but I wish that it could have been better than it actually was. The plot here was enjoyable and interesting but in my opinion there was something missing in it. 

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“A Study in Scarlet” By Arthur Conan Doyle Review

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Our first meeting with Sherlock Holmes. And John Watson’s too! The young doctor is astonished by Holmes’ many idiosyncrasies, including his talents on the violin. But it’s not long before Sherlock Holmes, with Watson in tow, is working with Scotland Yard investigating the murder of two Americans whose deaths have some mysterious connection to sinister groups gathering power in both Britain and America.

So this one was the first time ever I read Sherlock Holmes I can’t believe I waited 20 years to read it. It should be a crime to wait so long. Because Sherlock Holmes is the godfather to the deceptive genre which we see now.

The plot here was meh to be fully honest here. It was okay but it wasn’t a mind fuck as I wanted it to be. The plot will give you an enjoyable time reading it and it doesn’t need a lot of brain power because we get the mystery all laid out easily at the end.

The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.

The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“The Blue Light” By Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm Review

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The original tale is much better but also darker then the version kids see. 

It is different but not that different from what you might remember from first hearing this tale as a kid. 

The plot here are very good but also dark which is the mix which I personally like a lot.

The writing style here was very old and you could feel the vibe of old the Europe which was amazing for me.

I Give This Story 3 / 5

“Through a Glass, Darkly” By Donna Leon Review

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It is a luminous spring day in Venice, as Commissario Brunetti and Inspettore Vianello come to the rescue of Vianello’s friend Marco Ribetti, who has been arrested while protesting against chemical pollution of the Venetian lagoon, only to be faced by the fury of Marco’s father-in-law, owner of a glass factory on the island of Murano.

This book is the 15th book in the Commissario Brunetti Series which is sort of a guilty pleasure of mine because every book in this series is a 2 star book but I still love the series and Ill continue to read it as long as Donna Leon will continue to write to new books to this series. 

The characters in this book are pretty basic and to be honest I don’t care for any of the side characters other than the family of the main character. The reason behind this is because every character here seems so boring and it is hard to tell characters apart. In a way every character in this book feels like they were just meant to fill up the space in a way.

Character Development in this whole series doesn’t in a way. Because if you compare this book with the first book in this series then the main character and every other character in this book is just the same.

The writing style in this book is pretty basic and feels like it was written more for teens rather than for adults. It feels like that because of the very easy language used in it.

This book is good when you want to shut down your brain completely after a long day. Because this book doesn’t need any brain power and the less brain power you use on this book the more you will enjoy it. 

The crime in this book didn’t happen until the second half of this book and to be fully honest the entire crime mystery part of this book had just like 10 pages and the rest of this book was just about the main characters’s side job.

This book has no thrill or suspense and it is so fucking slow. But for whatever reason I still had fun with this book and I’ve enjoyed it.

There is no twist at the end because we sort of see what will happen at the end like 50 pages before the ending. Which pretty much kills the twist at the end. But also the ending just leaves us with a cliff-hanger which annoyed me in a way. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5