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Mrs Hudson's Case (2012)

by Laurie R. King(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Amazon Digital Services

review 1: This is very good. I love the description at the beginning of the story of what Mrs. Hudson thought about Holmes vacating 221B, her reaction to the new tenants, and how and why she ultimately chose to stay connected to that insufferable genius of a man. I think it would not be a stretch to say that Holmes was a wreck without her, and quite frankly she without him. When the better part of 3 or 4 decades are spent in a certain lifestyle changing those habits so completely is often difficult if not impossible, as our favorite detective and apparently his "long suffering landlady" elucidate with crystalline perfection. I would love to see more stories short or long beyond the burgeoning King cannon. This story and Beekeeping for Beginners has made me very hungry indeed for the... morese stories from Holmes point of view or looks into their lives beyond the cannon.
review 2: This is not one of Laurie R. King's best efforts; I have a tendency to think that shorter stories are more tightly written, and better plotted, but this one seemed a little weak to me. I also assumed that a story from Mrs. Hudson's POV would be funnier and... well, I was wrong: it was from Mary Russell's POV, and it really failed to give me the slightly satirical edge I had hoped for (I wanted a civilians view point of the great detective, but King didn't seem to want to explore what I thought was the purpose of such a story).So maybe I'm just slightly disappointed that it didn't meet my expectations, that I didn't get to know Mrs. Hudson any better, and I didn't feel that I got any kind of fresh view point on Sherlock & Mary.But of course I'm still delighted that I got to read it. less

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