Holmes for Holidays
by Martin Harry Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg, Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh
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Author: Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Jon L. Lellenberg, Martin Harry GreenbergEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-11-01
ISBN: 0425167542
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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Book Review: A Great Collection, for the Most Part
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked reading different people's viewpoints of Holmes in this fun collection. Some of the stories featured a cheerful, almost Santa Claus version of Holmes. There is room for many takes on Sherlock Holmes' personality, as this book admirably portrays.
The best stories in the collection, or at least my favorite ones, were "A Scandal in Winter," and "The Italian Sherlock Holmes" because of their depth and amazing use of atmosphere. I don't want to give away the plots, but I thought about both of them for days afterwards. To me, they seemed word-perfect.
I disliked "The Adventure of the Angel's Trumpet," probably just personal taste, but it seemed too dark, and it smacked of a courtroom drama, which is not, in my book, what Sherlock Holmes was about.
I found "The Christmas Client" featuring Lewis Carroll extremely distasteful. It did not seem like an appropriate story for a Christmas collection. In my opinion, the story portrayed Carroll as a slimy, possible child-soft-porner, but Holmes and Watson didn't see it and didn't react to it. The clever twist at the end was overshadowed by this troubling element. Perhaps others will view the story differently. For me, it was ruined. "The Adventure in Border Country" had disturbing themes as well, but it was handled differently and the story did not trouble me.
I expected more from two of the famous authors in this collection. Since I know they can write so well, I was disappointed to feel I was reading "A" story they cranked out for the collection, and not "THE" best of all possible Holmes stories they could have written. (Perhaps I expected too much from them.) As well, the two stories featuring an adult Tiny Tim were great fun, although their plots seemed remarkably similar. (Great minds think alike, I suppose!)
Anyway, all quibbles aside, this is a good collection with a lot of Christmas-and-Sherlock fun, and you should definitely check it out! You may find different favorites than I did, and different ones you dislike, but it is worth checking out for any fan of new Sherlock Holmes stories.
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