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Sherlock Holmes - The Stuff Of Nightmares (2013)

by James Lovegrove(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Titan Books

review 1: This was a steampunk novel (not a very good one) that merely used the names (and supposedly characters) of Sherlock Holmes, Dr John Watson, Professor Moriarty, Inspector Lestrade et.al. It had not a single redeeming feature that might make this novel re-readable. Although Titan Books have provided us with enormously pleasing reprints and new pastiches dealing with the great detective, unfortunately this one was a rather sad miss: a drab, boring, long-winded affair which would have incurred the wrath not only of ACD but of any storyteller. AVOID IT.
review 2: A bit of a cartoon-like approach to Holmes and Watson. Some good steampunk aspects & creations but they should be superfluous to the Great Detective's skills. However they are layered on top to provide an a... morevenue into that genre. The tale rolls along as chapters can be Dan Brown-esque in their brevity and the whole book has the feeling of a movie, and I wonder if that is what the author intended. It scrapes 3 stars. less

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