Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes) (Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Random House), #2) (Classics of Literature)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Restored to life by popular demand after his last struggle with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes dons his deerstalker again for twelve final adventures. With the affable Dr. Watson at his side, he employs pipe, violin and, of course, his astounding methods of scientific deduction, to solve the unsolvable in mysterious cases, including "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" and "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger".

• ISBN10: 0854565906
• ISBN13: 9780854565900
• Publish Date: April 1976 (first published 29 November 1973)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 13 February 1995
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Ulverscroft
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 434
• Language: English

Reviews

[thepunktheory]

Full review on my blog: www.thepunktheory.wordpress.com

This is the third Sherlock Holmes book I've ever read, so by now I'm used to Doyle's writing style.
Let's begin with the stuff I liked. Sherlock is definitely one of my all-time favorite characters. To me, he is very relatable and many of his remarks humor me - probably more than they should. Some of the story were quite cleverly crafted and all in all the casebook was an enjoyable read.
However, I was not over the moon. I can imagine that it's hard to constantly come up with new mysteries an crimes, so I understand that Doyle's ideas can't always be the most original ones. But many of the story were very foreseeable and you certainly didn't need a Sherlock Holmes to solve the crime. After reading more than half of the book, all the story just seemed to blur into one as large junks of the stories are often similar.