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Part 2 in the last SH novel in the canon! A lot like his 1st one A STUDY IN SCARLET, perhaps? 🧐
Thoughts, Sherlockians?
Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, StayCurious, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Fr3NcHtOaSt, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02Librarybelle It does resemble The Study in Scarlet with the backstory related to the American West. As I said in my review, I‘m not the biggest fan of Conan Doyle removing the story from the land of Holmes. I guess I like purely Holmes‘ story, even though this one did have a big twist. 6mo
eeclayton I enjoyed part 1 way more than part 2. 5mo
Cuilin @eeclayton same. 5mo
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dabbe @Librarybelle @eeclayton @Cuilin I think most of us thought the same in A STUDY IN SCARLET. Doyle then writes two fabulous novels, A SIGN OF FOUR and (IMHO) his magnum opus THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, and then he reverts back to the same formula as his first novel, which was by far not his best. I just don't know why he did it again! 5mo
CatLass007 He probably was tired of writing about Sherlock Holmes. He already killed him off once. So he just follows the formula. It‘s the formula that got him started. The triangle and circle are reminiscent of Masonic symbols. I guess the introduction by Stephen Fry spoiled thanks for me in a certain way because I knew that the Free Men were based on the Freemasons. I also knew that there was going to be some involvement from the Pinkertons or a (cont)⬇️ 5mo
CatLass007 similar fictional agency. Did you know that many of the Founding Fathers were Freemasons? The circle and the triangle with the all-seeing eye in the center appears on the dollar bill. 5mo
dabbe @CatLass007 I did! I didn't look at the dollar bill, though. Thanks for the info on that! And yet Doyle still wrote quite a few short stories after this one. Money and fame count, too, I guess. 🤣 5mo
CatLass007 £££ 5mo
dabbe @CatLass007 Gotcha! #doh 🤩🤣🤩 5mo
CatLass007 I almost put dollar signs but then I realized…. 5mo
AnneCecilie I liked this one. More than A Study in Scarlet. Maybe I have gotten used to Doyle‘s writing style? The mention of Moriarty at the beginning of part one had me intrigued, and the twist in part 2. I did not see that coming (edited) 5mo
dabbe @AnneCecilie The twist got me twice! I can't believe I didn't remember it, having read it before! 🤦🏼♀️ 5mo
AnneCecilie It‘s not possible to remember every twist of every book we read. Some just leaves more of an impression than others 5mo
dabbe @AnneCecilie 🎯! 5mo
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