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| "Well, Watson, you have done all that a good friend could. You can now disappear from the scene." #whatafriend | |
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| I actually read this to supplement my experience of the TV film, which was the very definition of "emotional rollercoaster" (plus it was Benedict Cumberbatch's best perf, I think). The first few chapters are pretty breezy... and then he starts transi...more | |
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Okay, the chronology is kind of blowing my mind here, I wish I'd taken down notes. Case-wise, this one had highlights but the earlier collections were more consistent. What I want to know is: why haven't I read Charles Augustus Milverton before? It's...more |
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| I'd have rated this 4 stars (it has a better storyline than earlier Rincewind books + the characters are old men), but I found the rape jokes pretty tasteless. Maybe I'm overreacting, but yeah. Otherwise the last part of this one was actually pretty ...more | |
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First of all, this is worth buying just because it looks good in a bookshelf. XD On a more serious note, I had a hard time enjoying this because I read this in a long stretch of time, with other books in between - I'd lose the threads of the plot or f...more |
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| I'm beginning to think that I should have approached Holmes according to the canon timeline, instead of by publication date. XD The Final Problem still hits me hard and makes me unbearably sad for Watson, of course, but following the flow and order o...more | |
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