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The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye (Enola Holmes Mysteries #6)
by
Nancy Springer (Goodreads Author)
As Enola searches for the missing Lady Blanchefleur del Campo, she discovers that her brother Sherlock is just as diligently searching for Enola herself?and this time he really needs to catch her! He is in possession of a most peculiar package, a message from their long-lost mother that only Enola can decipher. Sherlock, along with their brother Mycroft, must follow Enola...more
Hardcover, 166 pages
Published
May 13th 2010
by Philomel
(first published May 8th 2010)
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11/12/11
Ah, bliss.
I really enjoyed the ending to the series, even though it's a bit bitter-sweet - both because of some happenstances in the story, but also just because I like the series so much I'm sort of sad to see it ending. Better than that continuing into perpetuity and getting boring, though.
Anyway - the mystery aspect of the story was ok but, in my opinion, it as heavily overshadowed by all the family drama and developments that were going on. Since the two parts of the story are very i...more
Ah, bliss.
I really enjoyed the ending to the series, even though it's a bit bitter-sweet - both because of some happenstances in the story, but also just because I like the series so much I'm sort of sad to see it ending. Better than that continuing into perpetuity and getting boring, though.
Anyway - the mystery aspect of the story was ok but, in my opinion, it as heavily overshadowed by all the family drama and developments that were going on. Since the two parts of the story are very i...more
I am a huge fan of this series. Even though it is a children's book, it is intelligently written, and can easily be enjoyed by adults. The characters are marvelous. Holmes is spot on. He is exactly the character created by Arthur Conan Doyle. While he retains all of his arrogance, pomposity, and lack of emotional availability, we also see cracks in his cold veneer when it comes to his upstart younger sister, someone whom he never intended or expected to like, let alone love. The book flap inform...more
2010 Edgar Award Nominee
"Enola's most dangerous case yet!...This is Enola Holmes at her best!" --American Booksellers Association, an Indie Next pick
"In this concluding book in the series, Enola...uncovers multiple social injustices lurking beneath the pomp of Victorian England....Enola, the quintessential spunky heroine, navigates the historical setting with the pluck of Nancy Drew but within the constraints of her upbringing. In contrast to other volumes, Springer takes time with her conclusi...more
"Enola's most dangerous case yet!...This is Enola Holmes at her best!" --American Booksellers Association, an Indie Next pick
"In this concluding book in the series, Enola...uncovers multiple social injustices lurking beneath the pomp of Victorian England....Enola, the quintessential spunky heroine, navigates the historical setting with the pluck of Nancy Drew but within the constraints of her upbringing. In contrast to other volumes, Springer takes time with her conclusi...more
Nooooo! This is the LAST ONE!
Ahem. Yeah, so, I really like this series. I mean, who wouldn't? The investigative adventures of Enola Holmes, the (much) younger sister of Sherlock Holmes? Codes, mysteries, strong female characters in Victorian London, a hefty dose of THIS-is-why-we-are-feminists-girls, not to mention Springer's usual excellent writing?
They are short - this one's 166 pages, a novella, really - and as far as I'm concerned, the most excellent professional homage to Holmes that I've r...more
Ahem. Yeah, so, I really like this series. I mean, who wouldn't? The investigative adventures of Enola Holmes, the (much) younger sister of Sherlock Holmes? Codes, mysteries, strong female characters in Victorian London, a hefty dose of THIS-is-why-we-are-feminists-girls, not to mention Springer's usual excellent writing?
They are short - this one's 166 pages, a novella, really - and as far as I'm concerned, the most excellent professional homage to Holmes that I've r...more
I enjoyed this last book in the Enola Holmes series, but I was kind of relieved to have it finished. I was intrigued enough by the characters and the overarching mystery of the whole series to keep reading, even though I found some parts boring and/or very unbelievable.
I am not one for verbal descriptions of dresses...and for an independent advocate of women's rights, Enola sure knew a lot about dresses and fashion accessories. I could understand her describing the bustle and the corset and the...more
I am not one for verbal descriptions of dresses...and for an independent advocate of women's rights, Enola sure knew a lot about dresses and fashion accessories. I could understand her describing the bustle and the corset and the...more
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I love these books!
They are short but don't let that fool you into thinking they are childish. A YA novella would be a better description than a children's chapter book. Enola (alone spelled backwards) continues her journey toward independence while helping others in need. The mystery at hand in the Case of the Gypsy Goodbye was weaker than some of the previous novels, but several large story arcs came to a head which left me feeling very satisfied. S...more
They are short but don't let that fool you into thinking they are childish. A YA novella would be a better description than a children's chapter book. Enola (alone spelled backwards) continues her journey toward independence while helping others in need. The mystery at hand in the Case of the Gypsy Goodbye was weaker than some of the previous novels, but several large story arcs came to a head which left me feeling very satisfied. S...more
In this final installment of Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes series, Enola is once again seeking a missing person and trying desperately to avoid her brothers Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes. It has been nearly a year since Enola's mother left her to join a Gypsy band and Enola moved to London, where she began her business as a Scientific Perditorian or finder of lost things and people. She has moved up in the world after several scrapes and near misses in her previous adventures. She is also growing...more
Fourteen year-old Enola is still living in disguise, staying one step ahead of her older brothers Mycroft and Sherlock. Enola has been on her own for almost a year trying desperately to find her missing mother as well as stay away from her two brothers who think the best place for her is a girl’s boarding school.
When a mysterious package arrives at Ferndall Hall - the estate where the Holmes children grew up - Sherlock is called home to investigate. The art on the intricately decorated package i...more
When a mysterious package arrives at Ferndall Hall - the estate where the Holmes children grew up - Sherlock is called home to investigate. The art on the intricately decorated package i...more
This 6th book in the Enola Holmes series of mysteries starring Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes' 14 year old sister is a bittersweet ending to a series I have come to love.
The series began a year earlier when the mother of Enola and her much older brothers Mycroft and Sherlock abandoned Enola on her 14th birthday leaving a handmade book of ciphers for Enola to use to discover all of the money she had hidden in various places for Enola's use. The mother had never been very nurturing or motherly, even...more
The series began a year earlier when the mother of Enola and her much older brothers Mycroft and Sherlock abandoned Enola on her 14th birthday leaving a handmade book of ciphers for Enola to use to discover all of the money she had hidden in various places for Enola's use. The mother had never been very nurturing or motherly, even...more
Ce dernier tome ne déçoit pas, il est à l'image de toute la série : élégant, palpitant, révélant des faits importants sur la condition féminine du 19ème siècle, dénonçant les violences des bas quartiers londoniens. En gros, c'est une série à la fois instructive et distrayante.
La jeune Enola a fait du chemin depuis un an, suite à la disparition de sa mère ayant entraîné son émancipation précoce, contre l'avis de ses frères aînés. Elle a mûri, trouvé un sens à sa vie, affirmé ses choix en faisant...more
La jeune Enola a fait du chemin depuis un an, suite à la disparition de sa mère ayant entraîné son émancipation précoce, contre l'avis de ses frères aînés. Elle a mûri, trouvé un sens à sa vie, affirmé ses choix en faisant...more
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When we went to the library looking for a new audiobook for our trip, we picked this one based on the narrator, Katherine Kellgren. When she started reading, we all giggled in the car, hearing Emma with an English accent. But once we got over the voicing, we got into the book.
Not knowing this was book 5 in the series, we were at a disadvantage of a reader that had read the previous tomes. We caught on and were able to follow the book, but at first it was a bit difficult to understand. Enola is h...more
Not knowing this was book 5 in the series, we were at a disadvantage of a reader that had read the previous tomes. We caught on and were able to follow the book, but at first it was a bit difficult to understand. Enola is h...more
Springer possibly ends her Enola Holmes series on a high note, creating a book that is part mystery, party family drama, and part history lesson. The story finds Enola working in tandem with her older brother Sherlock to find a missing Duquesa. Enola is not sure if she can fully trust Sherlock yet, as her eldest brother Mycroft is still pressuring Sherlock to help him find Enola and send her off to boarding school. The pacing of the work is well plotted, and readers will hang on to every page as...more
This is apparently the last in the Enola Holmes series, which is a shame as for the most part, this series was enjoyable. Enola was quite a resourceful young lady and rivaled her famous brother's detecting skills.
The mystery in this one, I felt, was on the weak side. It read fine, just wasn't as good as some of the others in the series.
All along the various entries in this series is an underling storyline of discovering where Enola's missing mother was. I was looking for a satisfactory solution,...more
The mystery in this one, I felt, was on the weak side. It read fine, just wasn't as good as some of the others in the series.
All along the various entries in this series is an underling storyline of discovering where Enola's missing mother was. I was looking for a satisfactory solution,...more
With the popularity of series fiction at an all-time high for elementary and middle grade readers, I often will read the first title of any series that is popular or promising. Dipping my toe in this manner allows me the chance to booktalk the series with a reasonable amount of competency and enthusiasm. But with some series, I'm in it for the long haul. The Enola Holmes Mysteries is one such series. Starting with The Case of the Missing Marquess, where we meet Enola for the first time, to this...more
I'm very sad to see this lovely series end. It's a bitter-sweet ending, and I can't help not wishing there was another book, at least another, honestly I'd keep asking for more and more...
We reach the final face off between Enola and her two brothers. She gains their respect, Sherlock was more easily won over than Mycroft but he too sees logic in the end. Enola will have her way, she will be a perditorian, Sherlock is happy to have the competition.
The story all begins on Enola's birthday, her 1...more
We reach the final face off between Enola and her two brothers. She gains their respect, Sherlock was more easily won over than Mycroft but he too sees logic in the end. Enola will have her way, she will be a perditorian, Sherlock is happy to have the competition.
The story all begins on Enola's birthday, her 1...more
Oh how I love and hate last books in a series. It's always exciting to see how the author wraps things up, but bittersweet to say goodbye and see the characters I've grown fond of move on to other stages of their lives. This was a very satisfying conclusion to a really lovely series. The mystery was fair to middling with a few too many coincidences thrown in again for my taste, Enola often depends on happening to have run into people in the past or pure luck for major leads. But the emotional co...more
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.
From the cover inside flap it appears this may be the last Enola Holmes story? I certainly hope not....more
From the cover inside flap it appears this may be the last Enola Holmes story? I certainly hope not....more
I have been an avid reader of Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes series, and I have enjoyed every single one of them - even if her rendition of Watson and Holmes are not entirely accurate. Enola is a hilarious and quite engaging character - one that is easily liked. She is a bit naive and follows her instincts often without prior planning, but she is able to scrape her way out of predicaments that keep the Reader from getting frustrated with her. I've found Nancy Springer's series to be full of rich...more
A satisfying end to a wonderful series! I am giving this, the 6th and final book of the Enola Holmes mysteries, a 5 star rating because not only was it another great edition but because the author concludes the series in a satisfying way and answers the big question of why Enola's mother disappeared.
Enola Holmes is now one of my favorite fictional characters and I will recommend these often to girls 4th grade and up. These stories of Sherlock Holmes's younger sister are not only great mysteries...more
Enola Holmes is now one of my favorite fictional characters and I will recommend these often to girls 4th grade and up. These stories of Sherlock Holmes's younger sister are not only great mysteries...more
Hurrah, Enola! Once again she is looking for a lost person, and Sherlock is looking for her. The end of her last case left her less prickly, and Springer doesn't fall into the formulaic trap of forcing the changed character back into her old personality, so we have a different Enola than ever before. The missing woman story is interesting (with a rather over-the-top societal commentary in the solution) but once again I was mostly interested in the family dynamic. The ending may have set us up fo...more
A satisfying end to a wonderful series! I am giving this, the 6th and final book of the Enola Holmes mysteries, a 5 star rating because not only was it another great edition but because the author concludes the series in a satisfying way and answers the big question of why Enola's mother disappeared.
Enola Holmes is now one of my favorite fictional characters and I will recommend these often to girls 4th grade and up. These stories of Sherlock Holmes's younger sister are not only great mysteries,...more
Enola Holmes is now one of my favorite fictional characters and I will recommend these often to girls 4th grade and up. These stories of Sherlock Holmes's younger sister are not only great mysteries,...more
In this final book of the Enola Holmes series, Enola is finally able to find out what became of her mother who ran away from home on Enola's 14th birthday. But before any of that come to light Enola is onto a new case. There is a missing lady who is a very important society person. Enola has a sneaking suspician that the woman was kidnapped for her clothes. Yes, her clothes. Back in Victorian England a very prominent form of crime was kidnapping someone and stealing their clothes so that they co...more
Overall I really enjoyed this book and this whole series. They were quick, well written, fairly educational books with a fun character that I liked. There was only one tiny detail that kind of bothered me though. The books (especially this one) felt overly feminist to the point where I felt like it was saying that being a wife and or mother is far inferior to being a well educated woman who actually makes a difference in the world and isn't held back by a family, particularly by children. It was...more
I really liked this book, and I really liked all of the Enola Holmes books. I think this is the last one in the series. Many of Enola's concerns that she has throughout all of the books are resolved, i.e., what became of her mother, her relationships with her brothers, and what to plan on for her future. It's almost like all of the books combined are really one book, with a satisfactory conclusion in this one. I'm glad that, for the most part, I've read them all in order. However, I still haven'...more
Sherlock has finally figured out the fastest way to find Enola and its a good thing because he has received a communication from their missing mother that is for her. At the same time they are both tied up in a case involving a missing noblewoman. The book pulls together all the missing pieces in a tidy way and leaves the reader with a sense of closure. (Inexplicably to me Lady Cecily is brought up by Enola again at the end and it is said she has affection for her. I remain completely baffled by...more
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"The writing is just incredible. Enola's first-person narration makes her sound like a young woman from another time, which is exactly what she's supposed to be. The historical world-building is fascinating without becoming a tedious lesson in what it must have been like to live in nineteenth century England. The detail...Well, I've already said incredible, haven't I?
And Springer uses the world Suffragist. SuffragIST and not SuffragETTE, which would have been considered derogatory. I would have...more
And Springer uses the world Suffragist. SuffragIST and not SuffragETTE, which would have been considered derogatory. I would have...more
I love this series but this was not the best.- the mystery was very slight and solved more through coincidence rather than any real clues. The more important part of the story was Enola's family situation which finally comes to some sort of resolution. Not sure how future books will play out with certain changes to the overall dynamics of the books. Other developments might prove interesting for new adventures. We shall see.
For some reason the descriptions of the clothing seemed a little heavy...more
For some reason the descriptions of the clothing seemed a little heavy...more
I hate to see this series come to an end! I've always been a fan of Sherlock Holmes's mysteries, and, therefore, have found the adventures of his much younger sister Enola quite charming. In The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye, Enola has her own unique way of solving a missing person's case and establishing herself as an accepted member of the famous detective's family. Enola employs street-smarts and multiple disguises, and she is indignant about the plight of women during the 1800's.(This book, howe...more
We started the last book first because it was required summer reading for my daughter. I liked the premise - mysteries solved by Sherlock Holmes' fiercely independent teenage sister, living on her own and hiding from her brothers because she fears they will send her to boarding school after her mother abandons the family. While I'm sure the books attempt to capture the writing style of the original Sherlock Holmes mysteries, they're too wordy for kids in elementary school. And the book also make...more
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BIO -- NANCY SPRINGER
Nancy Springer has passed the fifty-book milestone, having written that many novels for adults, young adults and children, in genres including mythic fantasy, contemporary fiction, magical realism, horror, and mystery -- although she did not realize she wrote mystery until she won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America two years in succession. DARK LIE...more
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