Hey guys,
After about 4 years of saying "I'd love to head the Sherlock series", I bought the complete series of Sherlock Holmes in January 2014 and have just finished all 1,408 pages of it.
The stories themselves are brilliant, you think the case will lead you one way and then BAM! Mind-blowing revelations. Basically everything in which the TV shows and movies have lead us to believe. Though I got to say, the novels made me appreciate the BBC version of Sherlock so much more. To update certain cases the way they have, takes certain talent and knowledge.
I'm going to discuss the novels as a whole instead of individual stories, as I would end up writing a dissertation on the subject and 'nobody got time for that'.
The stories give the reader a series of cases, the more famous stories like 'A Study in Scarlett' are single books whereas certain cases like that of Moriarty is a section in a novel. Most stores bar two are 'written' by Watson and follow a similar structure of how the case came about, the first points of the case, investigation, a trap of some kind and then the conclusion.
There is two cases which are 'written' by Holmes, which follow how the beginning of the case, the different avenues he explores then finally the conclusion. His style is more to the point than Watson's but Watson gives more of an insight into the people behind the crimes, their families and backgrounds and Holmes himself. It's through Watson that we get a true sense of who Holmes is and what drives him. Watson see's into the heart of Holmes and through him we understand the relationship between himself and the detective.
All in all, the books did not disappoint. In fact, they enhanced my appreciation of the character and the author himself. His genius in writing about a quirky 'consulting' detective in the late 1880's is astounding, the idea seems so modern even today that it's incredible that it was written over 100 years ago.
It's this genius that will keep Sherlock Holmes a household name for generations to come.
Absolutely worth the read, even if it did take me 3 months to read it (in my defence, it's thicker than the Bible and I've never finished that either) and I would definitely recommend it to anyone and everyone. Plus I got the complete series online for £7.99 ;)
Happy reading, folks!
Annie x
After about 4 years of saying "I'd love to head the Sherlock series", I bought the complete series of Sherlock Holmes in January 2014 and have just finished all 1,408 pages of it.
The stories themselves are brilliant, you think the case will lead you one way and then BAM! Mind-blowing revelations. Basically everything in which the TV shows and movies have lead us to believe. Though I got to say, the novels made me appreciate the BBC version of Sherlock so much more. To update certain cases the way they have, takes certain talent and knowledge.
I'm going to discuss the novels as a whole instead of individual stories, as I would end up writing a dissertation on the subject and 'nobody got time for that'.
The stories give the reader a series of cases, the more famous stories like 'A Study in Scarlett' are single books whereas certain cases like that of Moriarty is a section in a novel. Most stores bar two are 'written' by Watson and follow a similar structure of how the case came about, the first points of the case, investigation, a trap of some kind and then the conclusion.
There is two cases which are 'written' by Holmes, which follow how the beginning of the case, the different avenues he explores then finally the conclusion. His style is more to the point than Watson's but Watson gives more of an insight into the people behind the crimes, their families and backgrounds and Holmes himself. It's through Watson that we get a true sense of who Holmes is and what drives him. Watson see's into the heart of Holmes and through him we understand the relationship between himself and the detective.
All in all, the books did not disappoint. In fact, they enhanced my appreciation of the character and the author himself. His genius in writing about a quirky 'consulting' detective in the late 1880's is astounding, the idea seems so modern even today that it's incredible that it was written over 100 years ago.
It's this genius that will keep Sherlock Holmes a household name for generations to come.
Absolutely worth the read, even if it did take me 3 months to read it (in my defence, it's thicker than the Bible and I've never finished that either) and I would definitely recommend it to anyone and everyone. Plus I got the complete series online for £7.99 ;)
Happy reading, folks!
Annie x
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