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Nostalgia Reader is 82% done with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
NOBL: 3 stars. Middle of the road, enjoyable, but nothing overly fancy. I was really hoping the Very Obvious Queer Overtones of the story would go somewhere, but of course, they did not.
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Nostalgia Reader is 74% done with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
ENGR: 5 stars. ALL THE STARS, THAT WAS AMAZING. There were so many Poe tropes throughout (Usher, Pit, Metz), I adored it, and possible vampiric undertones. A lot of these stories have read like "Avengers" episodes, but this one I was practically able to watch in my mind while I was reading. Props, Doyle, you're redeeming yourself here... I hope you keep it up!
Feb 04, 2024 06:54PM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 66% done with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
SPEC: 5 stars. Yep, there's a reason this one's such a classic. Even though I knew what was going to happen (this was a reread, I wasn't spoiled), it was still suspenseful, creates a truly evil character, and succinct in its info-dumping.
Jan 31, 2024 01:23PM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 57% done with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
BLUE: 4.5 stars. A wild Christmas goose chase! FINALLY, a good one!
Jan 30, 2024 06:12PM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 49% done with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
TWIS: 3.5 stars. Once again, I called it before Holmes had even finished laying out the background for Watson. These stories are falling into "The Twilight Zone" Trap--important and fun foundational works, but so obvious and not at all surprising, because they were the foundations of a genre. Still, this was an enjoyable read, one of the better stories.
Jan 27, 2024 06:29PM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 34% done with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
BOSC: 2.5 stars. Points for setting, but these are just becoming super obvious about halfway through. The reuse of the EXACT SAME reasoning methods and descriptions are getting old as well. Watson, you've been working with Holmes for this long, and your still baffled about how to read footprints? *facepalm* Also, shut up about your monographs, Sherlock, no one reads them, obviously.
Jan 24, 2024 09:02AM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 25% done with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
IDEN: 2 stars. Too obvious, with hardly any stakes.
Jan 23, 2024 08:24AM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 18% done with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
REDH: 3 stars. The general MO was obvious and the ending was a standard "oh golly gee old chap, I do believe you have caught me in the midst of my criminalities, my apologies!" I want some grit, Mr. Doyle, not this cultured foppery! Overall, though, it wasn't terrible, and the League was very Poe-esque in its ideas.
Jan 23, 2024 06:33AM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 10% done with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
SCAN: 4 stars. A pretty basic blackmail story, but a great opportunity for character development. I wish Irene were a recurring character!!
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