The author makes up for it slightly in the end by bringing Adler back in but it still doesn't erase the fact that she threw that bit in in the first place. He respected her and the fact that she was able to one-up him. Um, no? As someone who's actually read the Doyle accounts, Holmes only ever referred to Irene with respect, calling her "THE woman" with warmth, not annoyed derision.
While we're on the subject of dear old Irene, one thing that pissed me off early in this narrative was the way the author casually dismissed Adler as a key factor in Holmes's past, summing her up as a nuiscance and a person that Holmes always looked back on with irritation as she was the woman who bested him. And since Watson's memory isn't exactly outstanding on the best of days, this creates a problem.Ĭue mysterious mental patient, and a foray into one major event in Holmes's past involving a violin, a crazy ass Bohemian King and Irene Adler. Holmes is dead (never explained, how exactly and I know it's not Reichenbach falls so sometime after and during the Bee Keeping days? so who the hell knows) and Watson suddenly has a mood to write up some old stories he must have missed down the line but as soon as he starts collecting info some mysterious person keeps breaking into his flat and ripping key pages out of his memoirs. But let me just start by saying I think I paid about 50 cents for this at a library book sale and uh, I'd say that was a pretty accurate price point.īasically, the novel is structured like a Conan Doyle story but a bit more topsy-turvy. Holmes is dead (never explained, how exactly and I know it's not Reichenbach falls so sometime after and during the Bee Keeping days? so who the hell knows) and Watson suddenly has a mood to write up some old stories he must have missed This is hard to explain. Basically, the novel is structured like a Conan Doyle story but a bit more topsy-turvy. But let me just start by saying I think I paid about 50 cents for this at a library book sale and uh, I'd say that was a pretty accurate price point. The characters felt more like polite friends than the tight bond of friendship seen in the books.Ī non Sherlockian will no doubt enjoy it, but there are too many small niggles for a devotee to be entirely happy with the book.more
The second stroke against it was, for me, the lack of chemistry between Holmes and Watson.
However, the plot fairly bounced along and was an enjoyable read. I also found it hard to believe the great man of mind and intellect could be so swayed by emotion. That failure to keep to canon gave the book a major strike against it before I even began to read it. In the story "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", Arthur Conan Doyle himself stated that Holmes brought his strad from a pawnbroker in the Edgeware Road. Nice idea, reasonable plot, but it would have helped if the author had actually read ACD's original stories. I also found it ha "Sherlock in Love" is supposed to be the story of Holmes' one great love and how he obtained his Stradivarius violin.
"Sherlock in Love" is supposed to be the story of Holmes' one great love and how he obtained his Stradivarius violin. In this extraordinary novel, Sena Jeter Naslund, author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller Ahab's Wife, brilliantly reweaves the colorfully cryptic, fog-enshrouded world of Sherlock in Love is at once a rewarding entertainment and a remarkable homage to the greatest sleuth in literature.more Watson, sets out to answer these questions and recount the thrilling "lost" adventure of Holmes's attempt to rescue the love of his life from a mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, his own life is threatened by a figure in a familiar Inverness coat and deerstalker cap. Watson, sets out to answer these questions and recount the thrilling "lost" adventure of Holmes's attempt to rescue the l How did Sherlock Homes come into possession of a true Stradivarius? Who was the one true love of the great detective's life? And what shattering disappointment left the detective with feelings of overwhelming melancholy? As Holmes's great friend, Dr. How did Sherlock Homes come into possession of a true Stradivarius? Who was the one true love of the great detective's life? And what shattering disappointment left the detective with feelings of overwhelming melancholy? As Holmes's great friend, Dr.
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