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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
It was very much like two books glued together in a somewhat messy manner.
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I don't think we should be too hard on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for any perceived weaknesses in "A Study in Scarlet" as it was after all his 1st book about Mr. Holmes and was written at a time when he was no doubt struggling. I mean he was a young Dr. with a fairly new practice that wasn't doing well and was no doubt scrabbling to find the means to keep body and soul together. Add to that the fact that it may well have been his 1st venture into fictional writing and you can see how he might have still had a few rough spots in his craft.