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Originally Posted by Asawi
I remember I liked this book when I first read it when I was a teenager (I'm guessing 14-15 yo). Now, 40 years later, not so much...
It was nice to return to the beginning of Holmes/Watson relationship and I enjoyed that part more than the rest of the book. I very much agree with Fantasyfan's view on part II.
Once the book was finished I had no desire what-so-ever to go look for more Sherlock Holmes books. I do remember reading quite few of them back in my teens, and also that I was pretty fascinated by them back then. I think the "scientific" side of them appealed much to me, and maybe today's abundance of forensic science TV series has made me "jaded". Back when they were published they must have bee ground breaking though!
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Asawi, do you have any opinion of the updated Holmes in the
Sherlock series? I thought
A Study in Pink was excellent.