Ok it has been a while since my last review, but then this “Book” has taken a while, almost 1700 pages of book (2nd largest book ive ever read):

The Book (well books really) is The Complete Novels & Stories of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the timeless classic of the Detective Sherlock Holmes! The version I have is actually all of the novels & short stories combined into two Volumes (1000 pages & 738 pages) and is made up of “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, “The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes” & “The Hound of the Baskervilles.”

Pretty much this book has kept me going for quite some time. Reading about all the adventures based in the Victorian era of London, making me wish I was back there in that time with Holmes & Watson solving the mysteries (not always a crime). The stories are just so well written and done so well as to keep you enthralled and make you totally succumb to the pleasure of the story.

After watching the movies with Robert Downey Jr this is a great portrayal imo of the original Victorian Era holmes while the new BBC TV show is a very in depth modern interpretation of the stories. The stories are not at all what you think and they do lead a bit to be desired at times of wanting to follow exactly the train of thought of Holmes as he solves these mysteries but you do not get that at times. The books are written from Dr Watson’s perspective and it is through his “eyes” that you get to see how Holme’s brain works.

All in all I can now tick these off my Classic Books list and start back onto knocking back all of the books on my shelf (this may take a while). If you have watched the movie and the tv shows, you have to read the books, it is just blasphemy if you haven’t!