Il grande libro dei racconti di Sherlock Holmes

Like all anthologies, this one is a mix bag. Unlike some I've read, though, it leans much more heavily toward gems than duds. I greatly enjoyed the strange, genre-hopping pastiches and serious "lost cases". Many of the parodies, though, relied far too heavily on slapstick for my taste.

I have a fondness for Sherlock Holmes, as I am sure the majority of my readers do. Unsurprisingly, there has been a ton of Holmes fanfiction over the years. Pastiches that try to capture the feel of Arthur Conan Doyle’s prose, parodies that make fun of the detective’s odd habits, and weirder works. Leggi tutto

This was a huge book with a collection of stories featuring a most beloved character, Sherlock Holmes. I confess that this was my first time reading Sherlock mysteries, but it certainly won't be my last. I loved having immediate access to his adventures. Although this book requires that one reads it Leggi tutto

The stories collected in this very large book range from the silly to the serious, from very short two almost novelas in length. Some are quite good with strong clots and stay fairly close to the original style of Sherlock Holmes stories. Others are parities or almost complete reinventions, using Sh Leggi tutto

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[I received a copy of this book through Edelweiss, in exchange for an honest review.] A huge collection of Sherlock Holmes-related short stories—as is made obvious from the title—written by various authors: some who were Doyle's contemporaries, some from the late 1990s or even 2000s, and some from th Leggi tutto