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Der Tod Liegt In Der Luft (2012)

by Andrew Lane(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

3596193001 (ISBN13: 9783596193004)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Fischer FJB

series

Young Sherlock Holmes

review 1: To be honest, I read this book because it only had 300 pages and a high book level, but after I finished reading this book, it was actually a quite enjoyable and easy to read book. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy books about the past. Death Cloud takes place in England where a young boy named Sherlock Holmes who moves to away from his home for the summer. When he got there, he didn't know what he was getting into when he got to his Aunt and Uncles house. Death Cloud is a very good book and it is an interesting book to read and an easy book if you need AR points.
review 2: 2 starsThis book disappointed me, which in turn had me disappointed with myself. I assumed I would love it - an insight into the early years of Sherlock Holmes before coming in... moreto the character everyone universally recognises today. 'Death Cloud' did not do that for me.Sherlock had about as much personality as my little finger. And honestly, I think that is an insult to my finger. I liked the idea of him having a mentor who would teach him how to think, but I found Sherlock a bit stupid to begin with. Understandably, the intention was likely to be that he would grow more into the likeness of Conan Doyle's character within the duration of the book, but by age fourteen, the foundations for the character he would become just weren't there.Perhaps the intention behind the lack of character development and forced, unnecessarily added 'potential' romance was for it to be explored later in the series (I am almost certain Virginia has no other purpose than to be a love interest), but even taking that into account, there was still very little that actually happened.The mystery was intriguing at first, but as plans were unveiled, it just sounded more and more ridiculous. The villain's chances of even being alive in the first place were minimal, the way in which he was supported seemed incredibly inconvenient and impossible, his motives were weak (spoilers: you were at war with the British, what did you think they'd do when you fell off your horse - help you up?), and his plan would have never succeeded to begin with. And then there was the last minute 'accidental' giveaway of a society that the villain was a part of which, again, was simply setting up for a series. In the last pages of a book, I do not want new information that will be useless to the plot.Maybe for a child who had never heard of Sherlock Holmes or cared much for logical villains would enjoy this tale, and so if you are twelve years old or simply very easily impressed, this book is for you. less

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