I read that one and thought it was only mildly amusing because of the setting. The mystery itself wasn’t that interesting. Is the first book the runt of the litter or are all of them like that?

  • Kobibi@sh.itjust.works
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    21 days ago

    They’re all like that imo. The mysteries aren’t very good from a modern perspective.

    They’re worth reading - if you’re into it - for the setting, the 19th Century prose and the historical creation of the Sherlock archetype

    But nah. I read them all when I was a teenager and liked them well enough, then reread last year and was pretty unimpressed with them

    There’s some better ones - I’m fond of the hound of the baskervilles, and some of the short story ones are good like the red headed league

    But some real dumb stuff too. Like when footprints suggest a child but Holmes knows it’s actually an African Pygmy fella.