#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheRedHeadedLeague
#Discussion
What did y'all think? 🤩
erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02, SpellboundReaderLibrarybelle I liked this one, maybe as much as the short story from last week. I read it in one sitting. 2mo
Read4life I liked this one, too. I remember reading this for the first time at 10 or 11 and being so proud of myself for figuring it out early. ☺️ 2mo
5feet.of.fury Very enjoyable! 2mo
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IndoorDame Bizarre, but super fun! 2mo
Daisey I really like this one. It‘s kind of random but fun. 2mo
SpellboundReader This is my favorite story so far. It wasn't overly complicated or violent and I thought the initial mystery was so bizarre that I found it amusing. Well, Mr. Wilson seemed rather naive. 2mo
dabbe @Librarybelle Me, too! During happy hour, of course! 🍸 2mo
TheAromaofBooks I am really enjoying these short stories!! I think this is a format that works well for Sherlock - keeps things concise! 2mo
dabbe @Read4life 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
dabbe @5feet.of.fury Agreed! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
dabbe @IndoorDame 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
dabbe @Daisey It was a bit out there! I'd love to earn $ just for copying out of the encylopedia! 🤩 2mo
dabbe @BeeCurious Just a wee bit! 😂🤩😃 2mo
Aimeesue They‘re a very enjoyable part of my week, as Stephen Fry is very kindly reading them to me! He‘s so good with the voices. 2mo
CogsOfEncouragement I enjoyed this one. It seems an ironic truth that people as cheap as Mr. Wilson (paying someone only half wages) have no trouble believing that someone would want to pay them a lot of money to do nothing of value. lol 2mo
dabbe @Aimeesue Yay! 🤩😍😃 2mo
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Excellent point! He kind of was a buffoon all around. I loved when Holmes and Watson laughed at him, and Holmes even said that he didn't lose much because at least he gained some knowledge! 🤩😂😍 2mo
dabbe @TheAromaofBooks I bet Conan Doyle quickly realized it, too, since these stories are when the whole Holmes phenomenon really took off! 😍 2mo
kelli7990 I enjoyed this one as much as the last story. I finished it in one sitting. 2mo
eeclayton I enjoyed it, too. I found the RHL ruse much more amusing than the actual mystery. 2mo
Cuilin I loved this one, it was simple and clean cut. 2mo
Cuilin @Aimeesue I could listen to Stephen Fry read a telephone book!!! 2mo
Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks agree, I love the laconic compact style. 2mo
Cuilin @BeeCurious sometimes you need a simple solvable mystery. This one was great. 2mo
CatLass007 @Aimeesue @Cuilin Stephen Fry‘s narration is priceless. I also like his introductions. 2mo
CatLass007 The thing I like the least about this story and Conan Doyle‘s writing in general is that he doesn‘t want the reader to try to solve the mysteries so he withholds information. I don‘t usually try to solve things myself but I know others enjoy doing so. (edited) 2mo
Cuilin @CatLass007 I think he gave us enough clues to know about a tunnel being dug to a bank. Everything else was all in Sherlock‘s head, which is not shared with the reader. Perhaps to cultivate the image of Sherlock‘s super intelligence. 2mo
dabbe @kelli7990 Me, too! 🤩 2mo
dabbe @eeclayton Jabez Wilson was quite the hoot! 😂 2mo
dabbe @CatLass007 Agatha Christie was a maestro at this as well. Some love it, and some hate it. When you reread it, the clues jump out at you, but the first time around??? For me, anyway, I was like “Huh?“ 😂 2mo
dabbe @Cuilin I guess that's why he's the detective hero and we sit on our couches, clueless. 🤩😂😍 2mo
CatLass007 @Cuilin I think you‘re right about being given enough clues to figure out about tunneling into a bank vault. But if we don‘t know everything the detective knows we don‘t know the whole picture. @dabbe (edited) 2mo
dabbe @CatLass007 So true. I can't imagine how tough it would be to write a detective story. You want the reader hanging on until the end, so you don't want to make it too easy to solve. But then you don't want it to be impossible either. #catch22 2mo
CatLass007 @dabbe Exactly! 2mo
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