anka.trini reviewed The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (Collins Classics)
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3 stars
Let's face it. I only read (listened to) this book because I love BBC Sherlock and wanted to know the original texts. And let me just say that Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat adapted the Sherlock Holmes series splendidly. (Guess that's not a big secret, though.)
I loved it when characters or story titles came up that were familiar to me from the show. Even when it were only short references in the book or vice versa.
But weren't it for BBC Sherlock I probably wouldn't have finished the collection. Most of the time the solution was that there was some secret lover/husband/wife/child who came back and caused havoc. Too repetitve for my taste.
Some stories were also quite racist (from a modern perspective) while one story (i.e. The Adventure of the Yellow Face) was surprisingly progressive. I did some online research on this topic but sadly didn't find anything …
Let's face it. I only read (listened to) this book because I love BBC Sherlock and wanted to know the original texts. And let me just say that Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat adapted the Sherlock Holmes series splendidly. (Guess that's not a big secret, though.)
I loved it when characters or story titles came up that were familiar to me from the show. Even when it were only short references in the book or vice versa.
But weren't it for BBC Sherlock I probably wouldn't have finished the collection. Most of the time the solution was that there was some secret lover/husband/wife/child who came back and caused havoc. Too repetitve for my taste.
Some stories were also quite racist (from a modern perspective) while one story (i.e. The Adventure of the Yellow Face) was surprisingly progressive. I did some online research on this topic but sadly didn't find anything particularly elaborate on. If someone could recommend me a good article about racism in Sherlock Holmes I'd be forever grateful.
