“A classic, of course. I've been reading lots of books inspired by the Conan Doyle books, and so I felt I should revisit the originals. The writing is kind of overblown, but I think that's mostly due to the time in which it was written. The stories themselves are entertaining and suspenseful. My favorite was "The Red-Headed League" - it reminded me of those old news stories in the 80s where a local police department would open a Hickory Farms storefront around the holidays and send advertisements out to criminals with open warrants, and then arrest them as they came through the door.
"The Five Orange Pips" was historically interesting, too - I had never read anything about the KKK from a Victorian-era British point of view. ”
emilysk wrote this review Wednesday, October 14 2009.
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