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Holmes and Moriarty: The new official Sherlock Holmes novel | Gareth Rubin

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Aims42 This is a gorgeous edition 😍😍😍 1mo

Eggs Beautiful 🩶🗝️🖤 1mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Gorgeous 💙 🔑 1mo

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Doppoetry

Edogawa Rampo: The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro | Rampo Edogawa

I also read a bit of this today, but due to a small but persistent headache, I didn't get much reading done.

So far, I am not the biggest fan of some wording choices and the general feel of the translation.

Doppoetry I can't really put my finger on it, but there are long sentences that feel like run-ons, causing it to feel a bit too overwritten as a result. I believe it is because it reads like a stream-of-consciousness type story, but even then, it could have been edited better.

Reading it just feels somehow “off.“ It is a feeling I get when I read translated works. It isn't that the translation is incorrect, but moreso there are better ways--

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Doppoetry -To word a particular sentence than what the translator chose so it feels more comprehensive to read rather than directly translating a sentence that might be awkward to read in English, otherwise. 1mo

Doppoetry Some nuance can also be lost in translation, so to speak. This first story is a murder mystery, and when the detective examines the body, he mentions that “these fingerprints have no distinguishing features.“ This can imply multiple things, but it reads as if the detective made an obvious observation that was already established. 1mo

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TieDyeDude I think a good translator is often underappreciated, because their work shouldn't be noticeable. Jose Saramago is one of my favorite non-English authors, and his writing intentionally forgoes most punctuation and paragraph breaks. It creates a lot of run-ons, but the writing is so brilliant that it just works. 1mo

Doppoetry @TieDyeDude It is definitely a skill to translate a work seamlessly, even with a language barrier. It often depends on the translator's intent as well. Do they go for the most literal translation? a more nuanced meaning? etc.

It can definitely work if it's the intent. With this particular author, it wasn't the intent. He wrote horror and mystery stories heavily inspired by Poe. I also own a different collection of his translated by-- 1mo

Doppoetry @TieDyeDude -another translator, and that one didn't feel as off as this particular one, so I do wonder what happened there 🤔 1mo

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Pogue

The A&A Detective Agency: The Fairfleet Affair | K. H. Saxton

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This was adorable. I loved the puns, and the mystery. Thank you to @WildAlaskaBibliophile for adding this to her #AuldLangSpine list. @monalyisha

WildAlaskaBibliophile There's a second in the series that came out in the fall and I'm excited to read it! 3mo

Pogue @WildAlaskaBibliophile I will have to see if my library has it. This was just adorable. (edited) 3mo

WildAlaskaBibliophile @Pogue I agree! 💓 3mo

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kspenmoll

DeKok and the Sorrowing Tomcat: A Mystery | Baantjer

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This is my first year participating in this prompt. I am excited- found the perfect book for me, a mystery set in Amsterdam & its nearby “provinces”, with a protagonist, who is quite the character. Detective Dekok is a an Amsterdam policeman who is grumpy,irreverent, ignores authority, & is suspicious of new policing methods. So far enjoying this read. The wafels were introduced to me by @Bookwormjillk Add coffee & yum!

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Bookwormjillk They‘re so good! 4mo

Dilara Welcome to FoodandLit! I hope you'll enjoy it - I do! 4mo

Texreader Yay!! So happy to have you! And the book does sound good. 4mo

BarbaraBB How fun you‘re reading this! The series is quite old school and was made into a TV series in the 90s/00‘s that became a huge hit in the Netherlands 4mo

Catsandbooks Added you to the tag list! Enjoy! 4mo

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VanessaCW

Holmes and Moriarty: The new official Sherlock Holmes novel | Gareth Rubin

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A fast paced, cat and mouse chase, rollercoaster of an adventure. It takes the reader on quite the journey, twisting and turning at every corner, action packed all the way to the end. A bit of a horror story, too! It‘s narrated via two voices, that of Dr Watson and Col Sebastian Moran. It was interesting to get two sides of the story. I didn‘t always know what was going on but I went with the flow and ended up thoroughly enjoying the ride. #TBC

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WildAlaskaBibliophile

The A&A Detective Agency: The Fairfleet Affair | K. H. Saxton

Spending a cozy Sunday evening cuddling and reading. We're eexpecting temps to drop into the upper 20s overnight; a crisp night, just right for getting lost in the twists and turns of a good mystery!

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VanessaCW

Holmes and Moriarty: The new official Sherlock Holmes novel | Gareth Rubin

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MrT

The Last Dance: A Detective Miller case - the first new Billingham series in 20 years | Mark Billingham

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2024 Reads continued

Catching up on the crime genre

TMB - a shocking double ending when Thorne once again goes up against his nemesis Stuart Nicklin

TLD - really liked this new 'unconventional' detective and his sense of humour and the general humour of the novel.

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Tamra

The Mountain King: A Novel | Anders de la Motte

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Propulsive & creepy thriller! Likable main character with a quirky character police department which is always fun. I would like to continue on with the audio series, but I hope it‘s not the same narrator. The female voices were high pitched, childlike, and honestly kind of whiney such that it was annoying to listen to and detracted from the story.

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