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by Arthur Conan Doyle

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To a great mind, nothing is little.

4.5 stars

I don't think anyone who knows me doesn't already know how much I love Sherlock Holmes so here are a few points of interest:

-I read this 5 years ago and still love it as much (if not more) than I did then
-(actually, I read the entirety of Doyle's work on Holmes in a matter of weeks and little else in between)
-I had watched neither the BBC series nor the film (starring RDJ) then but re-reading this now reminds me how little the adaptions retain of the actual text, for instance:

Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with. He was quiet in his ways, and his habits were regular. It was rare for him to be up after ten at night.

p.s. I don't pretend not to understand why film makers alter certain parts of the book in an adaptation, it's just something I will always bemoan :)