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No Place Like Holmes (2011)

by Jason Lethcoe(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1400317215 (ISBN13: 9781400317219)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Thomas Nelson

series

No Place Like Holmes

review 1: Lethcoe’s adventure is fantastic, incredible, delightful, and one of the best reads I’ve had in a long time. Griffin’s character is brilliant. I loved him from the very first second for his keen eye and tender heart. His uncle is a wonderful antithesis to the incredibly spotless paradigm of perfection that is Sherlock Holmes. With a tight paced fast running adventure, witty and fun dialogue and plot twists that are sometimes breathtaking, Lethcoe has created a nearly perfect adventure. When I got to the end, I definitely wanted more. (Despite the fact I wanted to throw the book across the room too!) I was so glad to hear that Griffin’s next adventures are expected soon. The Future Door is slated to release in December and I guarantee I’ll be first in line for tha... moret one.*Review copy provided by the publisher
review 2: This is definitely a book that kids will enjoy. It was written by an author with a whimsical imagination! Griffin Sharpe is a young boy with acute deducting skills. He notices the finest details without trying. His mind is always thinking about the situations at hand, and his story will keep curious readers busy trying to catch all the details too.Griffin is sent to London to visit his uncle, Rupert Snodgrass, who lives at 221A Baker Street (that is 221A, not 221B, mind you). His uncle is a detective/inventor, who lives next door to the famed Sherlock Holmes. And with the story set as is, a mysterious disappearance takes place, Moriarty enters the scene, and young Master Sharpe has landed himself into his first true crime that will test his clever brain.I found that the author did well in duplicating an inquisitively sharp mind like Holmes' and creating it in the form of a young boy who is eager to discover more. There were parts of the story which I felt were a little corny, or out of place, especially concerning some of the parts pertaining to Holmes and Watson, but it still turned out fine. It was rather funny to compare all of Snodgrass's "inventions" (which he has crafted through steam-power) to the authentic technology we have now. It did add an extra flair of fun to the story, that's for sure. The fact that Rupert Snodgrass had built a robot (and actually named it dangerously close to a certain assistant/sidekick) was a bit over the top for me, but, oh well.In closing, I must mention that I was most impressed by the way that Lethcoe brought across Christianity and prayer into an adventure story for kids. Well done!! less

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