Jesse's review
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell)
by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author!)
Jesse's review
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author!)
Jesse's review
rating:
recommended for: Fans of Sherlock Holmes and Female detectives
I am by no means the most devoted of Holme's fans, though i do find him a very influential character on many newer characters I truly could not live without. So to that end, I could say I would be far less happy, literarilly(sp?), if Holme's had never existed.
Having said that you shall know to take my enthusiasm for this novel with a grain of salt, for I am biased in favor of the subject matter. Sherlock Holmes AND a strong female detective. Its like Laurie R. King is the love child of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and P.D. James!
This is a different perspective on Holmes for me, as I've never read of his exploits from a narrative perspective of an equal mind. It ends up humanizing Holmes to a degree. The very idea of Holmes asking for someone else's opinion would have seemed shocking to me before this book, yet it made complete sense. Given that he was humanized by the taxing strain of more advanced years as well as being partnered with a mind of equal faculties as his, I think ...more
Having said that you shall know to take my enthusiasm for this novel with a grain of salt, for I am biased in favor of the subject matter. Sherlock Holmes AND a strong female detective. Its like Laurie R. King is the love child of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and P.D. James!
This is a different perspective on Holmes for me, as I've never read of his exploits from a narrative perspective of an equal mind. It ends up humanizing Holmes to a degree. The very idea of Holmes asking for someone else's opinion would have seemed shocking to me before this book, yet it made complete sense. Given that he was humanized by the taxing strain of more advanced years as well as being partnered with a mind of equal faculties as his, I think ...more
