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Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, Brenda Wineapple ISBN: 0451528018 Publisher: Signet Classic Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 3
Summary: Not as good as Holmes' short stories.
Comment: A mysterious hound is haunting a family estate, and the new heir has employed Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to investigate the hound, find out the death of his relative, and save the heir's life. Throughout the book, the neighbors, the townspeople, an escaped convict and are all suspects.
While not a large book, the Hound of the Baskervilles does trudge along at some points. The someone antiquated language aside, it does delve into more detail and much more build up than a typical Holmes' short story does. So while in a short story, the mystery would be solved in minutes, in this book, the mystery takes a while to come forth. For example, in the beginning there is a mysterious person in a stagecoach following the heir. The mystery is only solved at the end, but with all the other events that took place, the reader has already lost interest in that particular person. I personally forgot about it, thus it did not intrigue me at all.
Also, in much of this book, Holmes is not even present. The wit and mystery are substituted with settings and descriptions instead, not Doyle's strongest points.
While a classic mystery which is still good, it can come out as somewhat unsatisfying.
Rating: 5
Summary: It's great
Comment: This is a rare novel of Holmes, and it keeps the reader intense from the start. It truly is a masterpiece, and the whole plot and mystery solving on the part of Holmes is spectacular. Great book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Better
Comment: I read an bridged copy of this book when I was just a boy. It was a good book then. I decieded that I would reread this book. I was surpised that not much was taken out. It was still a good book. I am looking into getting more Holmes' books.
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Title: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0312979479 Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: When the Legends Die by Hal Borland ISBN: 0553257382 Publisher: Bantam Starfire Pub. Date: 01 August, 1984 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Shane by Jack Warner Schaefer ISBN: 0553271105 Publisher: Bantam Starfire Pub. Date: October, 1983 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0553278223 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: July, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare ISBN: 0440995779 Publisher: Laurel Leaf Pub. Date: 01 June, 1978 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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