I decided awhile ago that I wanted to read stories from the series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Of course there was the recent blockbuster in theaters starring Robert Downey Jr., but also because I’ve been watching some of the Jeremy Brett adaptations from the 80s on PBS.
So my first foray into Doyle’s work was A Study In Scarlet. Overall, it was a fun and simple read. Holmes and Watson meet up and become roommates and informal colleagues. Watson is amazed by Holmes’s eccentricities and brilliance, and Holmes is depicted just as I expected him to be from watching all the adaptations. The work is broken into two parts, and that confused me for a long time. The first part was how the criminal was caught, and then the second…well that turned out to be the back story of the criminal. I didn’t get that at first. I felt like perhaps I was in an entirely different book. The motive and back story was completely unexpected. I was surprised and somewhat impressed that Doyle went so cross continental, when I expected something more local.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to reading more, but that will come later. Next up is The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
Tags: Books
Rochelle, I’d love to read some Sherlock Holmes, because the PBS show and the movie were pretty good, so that means that the books should be fabulous!
I read the Historian about 6 months ago. It was a very interesting story, if a little long. I do like historical fiction though and it really got me over my Vampire fetish! You will have to let me know how you like it when you are done reading it.