Everyone knows Dr. Watson is Sherlock Holmes' right-hand man -- so when he goes missing, it's a shock. Even Sherlock hasn't, well, the slightest cl...
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Jan 22, 2012
Terri Lynn
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I can't believe I read the whole thing in just one evening! This is my third book in Nancy Springer's series featuring 14 year old Enola Holmes, younger (much younger) sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes. After their mother ran away from home with the gypsies, leaving Enola to tend to herself (and with a giant wad of cash she had to find hidden about the house by following clues in a special illustrated cipher book written by mom) alone in London while dodging Mycroft and Sherlock who want to
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Dec 10, 2011
Josephine
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I am still enjoying this series, however this book took me a little longer to get into. Why oh why did the author spoil the whole book in the introduction? She told you exactly where Watson was. If you plan to read this book and you don't want the ending spoiled for you, save the introduction to read last. It makes it a little hard to get into the book when you know crucial details and the heroine has no idea so you are frustrated with her lack of knowing what you know!
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Mar 15, 2010
Zoe
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This was even better than the first two books in this series. While they are supposedly children's books, a word of caution: the atmosphere of Victorian London is quite dark, as Ms. Holmes likes to spend her nights when she's not solving a mystery and evading her well-meaning brothers, (Sherlock and Mycroft) by handing out food, money, and blankets to the poor. And they are very poor - disturbingly so. It would be mild in a regular novel, but I'd wait until your children are at least 11 and you'
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Aug 25, 2009
Linda
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I really love this series! The heroine of the series is teenaged Enola Holmes, younger sister of the great Sherlock Holmes. She greatly admires her talented brother but in book #1 ran away because she believes that her brothers will send her off to a ladies finishing school. She wants to be independent so she's living in the London of the 1880s on her own. She proves to be nearly as talented as her brother in disguises and is also very good at finding missing people, being just a half step ahead
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Aug 10, 2009
Jeanette
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While this book was shorter than the others, it was much more packed with adventure and mystery. And I think had the most interesting plot thus far.
Dr. Watson has gone missing and even though she knows it will bring her into closer contact with her brother Sherlock than she would like, Enola feels compelled to take on the case and help find the missing Watson. When visiting Watson's wife Enola notices a strange bouquet that she is sure was sent as deadly message from Watson's kidnapper. Wh More...
Dr. Watson has gone missing and even though she knows it will bring her into closer contact with her brother Sherlock than she would like, Enola feels compelled to take on the case and help find the missing Watson. When visiting Watson's wife Enola notices a strange bouquet that she is sure was sent as deadly message from Watson's kidnapper. Wh More...
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Apr 18, 2008
Lynn
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Third installment of the adventures of Enola Holmes. This series just gets stronger and stronger and I enjoyed this one very much. The sense of time and place is extremely well done and the pivotal feature of the the Victorian language of flowers was fascinating. Enola is a terrific feisty character and each of these books develops her character more.
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Sep 15, 2009
Mark
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In this, the third in the Enola Holmes series from Springer, Sherlock’s trusty assistant Dr. Watson goes missing. Unfortunately, try as he might, Sherlock is not up to the case, and once again, Enola’s feminine education comes to her aid in solving the mystery—this time by deciphering the meaning of a strange collection of flowers sent to Watson’s grieving wife. The bouquet leads Enola on another tricky adventure through London, including to a clothing store where Enola takes on the disguise o
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Jul 14, 2008
June
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I enjoyed the third offering as much as the first two. Enola finds Dr. Watson's whereabouts while neither Sherlock nor Mycroft are able to. A wonderful strong female character that defies society's place for women and makes her own way outwitting both her brothers to find freedom.
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Mar 15, 2011
Heidi
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Enjoyable. Love it when the suspense part builds. Wish her brothers would stop trying to trap her. I mean, it provides "danger" of everything ending, but it's just sad they can't leave her be. (Probably why the very end made me smile and hopeful for the next book.) The nose part was a little gross if I thought about it. Narration still good, and the CD quality from NetLibrary MUCH better. I wonder if I'm missing some of the suspense and deduction by listening to this, though. Not that
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Feb 17, 2009
Cherie
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I greedily read every single Sherlock Holmes book the summer I was 12(for me, a summer with excruciating heat, no air conditioner and no vacation away from home). London in the 1800's was way more comfortable than Utah in 1969. If I had only known then he had a sister (!). This was certainly an easier read than the original, the language is less convoluted, Nancy Springer is pretending to speak like a Victorian, rather than actually being one. The simpler language and the somewhat less anachro
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Jan 20, 2011
Janette
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I'm not a big Sherlock Holmes fan and I freely admit that I loved the Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law specifically because Watson decks Holmes in it. Personally, I think it was long overdue. Anyway, even with that predisposition, I thought this was a really good book. It was interesting, funny, had a good main character (and precious little of the arrogant Sherlock) Not only that, it was something I could give to my daughter to read knowing she would enjoy it and
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Feb 21, 2009
Miss Clark
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I enjoyed this story, liked how they developed Enola's relationship with her brothers. The feminism comes on a bit strong at times, and since they are trying to make a point about all the ills of an era within a limited group of people, I am letting it slide, but I do believe that there were plenty of people, yes, that includes men, sufficiently "enlightened" that they were not all acting like irrational tyrants lording it over every female that they encountered. Simply read personal m
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Nov 25, 2011
Darla
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(Genre:Teen fiction/historical/mystery) Teen sleuth Enola Holmes is at it again. While laying low and feeling low since her near-miss capture by big brother Sherlock, Enola discovers from the London newspapers that kind Dr. Watson is missing. Unable to do nothing, Enola begins to investigate his disappearance and makes a visit to Dr. Watson's home. While there, she notices a strange bouquet of flowers, that clue her into how much danger the good doctor is really in.
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Jan 02, 2012
Michelle
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I zipped through this third book of the series, enjoying every moment. I love that Enola dressed up as a beauty and saw the world from a different angle. Solving the mystery her brother couldn't due to her knowledge of women and flowers was great. I enjoyed the case. Enola's character gets more creative and fun with every book. Sherlock and Mycroft are wonderful additional characters and the small interactions they have add some humorous moments in the book. Nancy Springer does a great job with
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Mar 30, 2011
Becca
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Enola, while still evading her brothers, continues her dangerous adventures, this time involving theatrical accoutrements, hothouses and a strange bouquet. The last book found her acting the part of "perditorian," or finder of the lost. Afraid that she has been discovered due to a visit from Dr. Watson, her brother's friend, Enola chooses a new identity, that of the beautiful Viola Everseau. Her new case: find the missing Dr. Watson. Pays homage to the plight of those treated for i
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Nov 10, 2011
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Reading my review from my first read, I didn't like this book as much as the first two. It's a little funny, then, that on this second read, doing a straight read-through of the series, I like this one more than the previous book.
Again, it's not the mystery as much as the character things and the family stuff. In some ways - which sort of goes against what I said last time, but there you have it. I think I'd give it a straight 4-stars this time, or at least a 3.75. :>
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Again, it's not the mystery as much as the character things and the family stuff. In some ways - which sort of goes against what I said last time, but there you have it. I think I'd give it a straight 4-stars this time, or at least a 3.75. :>
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Jun 24, 2010
Cfett
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Enola, the younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, is intent upon finding her friend Dr. Watson, who has gone missing, according to the newspapers. Enola fears that her older brothers are looking for her to place her in a traditional English school and prepare her for marriage; she wishes to follow her own path and become a "perditorian," a finder of lost soles. The Enola Holmes Mysteries allow children in grades 4-6 a chance to glimpse Victorian social history, suspense and a
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Mar 22, 2011
Ann
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Another interesting and enjoyable installment in the Enola Holmes series!
I still love the fact that this series revolves around mysteries that are geared towards YA and can - in most cases - be solved along with the protagonist.
I really like Springer's style here, and her protagonist, Enola, is a plucky and determined young lady!
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Another interesting and enjoyable installment in the Enola Holmes series!
I still love the fact that this series revolves around mysteries that are geared towards YA and can - in most cases - be solved along with the protagonist.
I really like Springer's style here, and her protagonist, Enola, is a plucky and determined young lady!
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May 09, 2011
Kathryn
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(More like 3.5 STARS; though I did enjoy it, I think the stellar audiobook narration enhanced it and I might have been a bit bored at times were I simply reading this.)
Who knew fronds of an asparagus plant could be so sinister!?!?!
Enola Holmes is back to solve her third mystery, this one close to her heart as dear Dr. Watson has gone missing! Her brother Sherlock is on the case, but things look grim when Watson's medical bag turns up and the shrewd Mr. Holmes is at a los More...
Who knew fronds of an asparagus plant could be so sinister!?!?!
Enola Holmes is back to solve her third mystery, this one close to her heart as dear Dr. Watson has gone missing! Her brother Sherlock is on the case, but things look grim when Watson's medical bag turns up and the shrewd Mr. Holmes is at a los More...
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Jun 06, 2008
Kit
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I love this series of mysteries featuring Enola Holmes, Sherlock and Mycroft's much-younger sister. While the mystery in this one stands alone, you need to read the first two books (you won't be sorry!) to understand the continuing story of Enola, her mom, and her brothers.
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Sherlock and Mycroft may both have giant intellects, but they don't use their brains to question that a woman's proper place in the Victorian world is being an ornament of the home for some guy. They don't get alon More...
Jun 02, 2008
Nancy
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Nancy Springer does it again with this intricate mystery featuring detective Enola Holmes, the on-the-run younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft who are set on sending her to finishing school. When Enola learns that the kindly Dr. Watson has disappeared from his club, she can't resist searching for him. Her first clue is discovered when, in diguise, she visits Mrs. Watson and sees an unusual bouquet of flowers amongst the many sympathy bouquets that Mrs. Watson has been sent. Knowing the Victori
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Apr 10, 2008
Roxanne Hsu
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I adore this book and agree with Elizabeth's review on Amazon. I can't believe that I missed the first two. Enola is a wonderful character and Nancy Springer's ability to spin old tales into brand new stories (I Am Mordred and I Am Morgan Le Fay) is uncanny! And how much did I appreciate Springer's turn of phrases and the droll humour! The thrilling escapades kept my tension taut and on edge. Excellent work!
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Jan 20, 2008
Elizabeth
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Sweet god, how I love these books! Sorry. That’s not something a professional reviewer should start off by saying is it? I should probably be coy about my opinions. I should couch my language with faint praise saying sniffy little things like, “It seems that Ms. Springer has truly found an oeuvre that will suit some out there”. My review would nod its head at her other books and series and then end with constructive criticism along the lines of, “Certainly children in search of mysteries wi
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Jul 05, 2010
Kate
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My third Enola book--but the first I've read since I've become obsessed with Sherlock Holmes. This one is great! Love the setting, love Enola, love that she's like her brother in so many ways. I also like that Enola is starting to get some respect from Sherlock (can't say about Mycroft, though). The Holmes series I've been reading is set in the 1920s when Sherlock is close to 60. So it's fun to read about him back in the 1880s. Oh, and Enola too!
Feb 02, 2012
Emma
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Totally fun!
This is the much younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, known as Enola. She is trying to evade her brothers who want to send her to school and turn her into a proper young lady. Then Dr. Watson disappears and Enola must use her special skills at finding lost people to discover what happened to him. It involves someone with no nose, strange bouquets of flowers, a hothouse full of asparagus and an insane asylum. Excellent, I will go look up the other two!
This is the much younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, known as Enola. She is trying to evade her brothers who want to send her to school and turn her into a proper young lady. Then Dr. Watson disappears and Enola must use her special skills at finding lost people to discover what happened to him. It involves someone with no nose, strange bouquets of flowers, a hothouse full of asparagus and an insane asylum. Excellent, I will go look up the other two!
Jan 13, 2010
Anne Thomsen
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I was so enthralled with this adventure of Enola's that I read the whole book in one sitting. It was great. I felt like the 1880s London setting came out more in The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets than the previous two Enola books. The gruesome details of rats eating off the face of a baby in the slums and all the talk of the need for flowers to cover the stench of London made it hard to romanticize the setting.
Apr 11, 2011
pdarnold
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This whole series was a fun ride! Spunk, smarts, and a whole lot of clever adventures. I thoroughly enjoyed every book in this series. I laughed out loud and read as quick as possible to see just how Enola would get out of the tangled web she always found herself. I think I enjoyed most the way this little scrapper of a girl would out wit her big brothers', one of them being the infamous Sherlock.
Feb 01, 2009
Alycia
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This was fabulous! The younger sister of Sherlock Holmes is herself quite the sleuth. This book is written at a high reading level (close to an 1100 Lexile) and yet in content is perfect for young middle school kids. The fact that the protagonist is a strong female character is icing on the cake. I've found a new series for my advanced readers!
Jun 11, 2010
Bridget R.
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In this 3rd installment of Enola's adventures, her brother Sherlock's friend Dr. John Watson has went missing. Enola is soon on the case. But first she must concoct a disguise that will make sure her brothers never recognize her. She's been a widow, a secretary, a doctor's wife, and even a nun. Enola attempts her most daring disguise ever--she's going to be beautiful. This is no small feat considering she looks just like Sherlock. Enola's quest for an infallible disguise and her knowledge of flo
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Dec 14, 2008
Katy
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Not nearly as good as the last one. Enola was fairly annoying and used a lot of $2 words, apparently for the sake of using them - what 9 year old knows what "proboscis" means?. Also, it didn't really feel like she solved the mystery. She just happened (truly accidentally) upon someone that eventually led to the case being solved.
