The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) in Reading 1001

Mar 10, 2018 Celia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-read, 52-2018, kindle-list, 1001-challenge, classics, book-in-book

This my first Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Book; my first Sherlock Holmes.

I am still trying to figure out how much I liked it. So far, not very much.

Holmes seems a little pompous; Watson seems a little dull.

One thing I did like: the entire affair from start to finish, what happened and how they figured out what happened, was summarized in the last chapter. It confirmed that I had figured out what happened correctly. Affirmation... ah!!

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Jan 17, 2016 Beverly rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001-bymrbyd

This is the first Sherlock Holmes that I've read and from what I can tell from other reviews, probably his best! I loved it. The book was again, as I have found with numerous books from the 1001 books list, nothing like I imagined it to be. I really enjoyed the tone of the book, especially once the action switched to the moors. The supernatural element gives the mystery just the right edge. I was really pleased with myself because I had some parts of the mystery figured out on my own before they ...more

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Jan 02, 2016 Nemo rated it liked it · review of another edition

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“Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities. It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt.”
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Jan 16, 2016 Pip rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001-books-challenge

I give it three stars, I moderately enjoyed it and admire the clever plot line. It deserves to be on the list because it is often referenced in other books. I have been at a Readers' and Writers' Conference this weekend and the Hound was mentioned twice! It is part of the English canon. ...more

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May 22, 2017 Anna Fennell rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, classic-literature, detective, fiction

Sherlock Holmes at his best fighting a supernatural hellhound or is it? I found other mysteries featuring him to be more confusing; the solution is pretty apparent in this tale. However, the creepiness of this story makes it particularly enjoyable.

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