Hound of the Baskervilles

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Summary: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Review: _The Hound of the Baskervilles,_ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is a classic Sherlock Holmes mystery that will keep the reader guessing from cover to cover. Set in Nineteenth Century England, the tale of murder and a family curse will hold the reader's attention until the end. When Sir Charles Baskerville mysteriously dies and the heir to his estate is threatened, the real mystery begins. Doyle's masterful writing style is easy to follow and flows so well the book will be over before the reader realizes it.
I enjoyed this Sherlock Holmes mystery because it is easy to read and it flows well. For me, a person that does not usually like classics- or mysteries for that matter, I really enjoyed this book. The story kept my interest and it kept me guessing throughout the entire book. This story is not a thriller, but it is still a good mystery. For someone who prefers John Grisham suspense or a CSI type story line, this book is probably not for them. However, for someone who enjoys simple mysteries and likes to play the role of detective as they read, I would recommend this book.

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Summary: The best Mystery Ever
Review: This is hands down one of the best mysteries ever written by Doyle. While Amazon categorizes it as a book for 9-12 year olds, I believe it may be too difficult for the low end of this age range. Either way, adults and young adults alike who enjoy mysteries, or just a suspenseful story written by a master of the craft, should read this book. (...), I know how difficult it is to put together a moving story that can hold a reader's interest. "hound" is a large book that even non-readers will quickly become absorbed in. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: Sherlock Holmes strikes again!
Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles is a true mystery classic by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It tells of Sherlock Holmes and his trusty comrade, Dr. John Watson. This extraordinary pair has solved dozens of mysteries times before, but now come to their most difficult case. Years ago, Hugo Baskerville was killed by a monstrous hound. This curse of the hound has haunted all the Baskervilles who come to live at the Baskerville Hall. Sir Charles goes to live there, but soon is found dead, scared to death. His only relative, Sir Henry Baskerville, goes to live at Baskerville Hall accompanied by Holmes and Watson. All along the way, they are left mysterious clues that eventually help them unlock the killer. I really liked this classic who-dun-it because around every corner was a twist. It kept you guessing until the end and was really upbeat

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Summary: YOU'LL FIND THIS BOOK RIGHT AT HOLMES!!!
Review: Sherlock Holmes, just the mere mention of his name strikes fear into the hearts of criminals, but what is especially great about this book, is that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle doesn't let the reader know that Holmes is in the book until the end portion. What that does for the reader which I enjoyed a lot, was that it let the reader try to figure the mystery instead of with the help of a detective extraordinaire.
The mystery begins in London in 1989 with Holmes and Watson examining a cane. From the very beginning, it is easy to understand that Watson is no skilled detective but is a dramatic foil for Holmes, meaning he outlines Holmes' character by being his opposite. While inspecting the cane, a man named Mortimer walks in and makes it known to Holmes' and Watson about the Baskerville curse. The curse came about when Hugo Baskerville, an ancestor to Sir Henry made a deal with the Devil to let him find a girl he fell in love with. The girl had run away, and when he went to look for her in the moor, both he and the girl were found dead. The next heir to his estate, Charles, was also killed from the monstrous hound, leaving only one heir left, Henry. Holmes gives the case to Watson and tells Watson to update him frequently. As Watson watches over Sir Henry, he gains information slowly about the people living in Baskerville Hall, one couple the Barrymores, provided some suspicion, with their late night endeavors with someone out over the moor. Another couple, the Stapeltons, who were brother and sister, was also considered to have ties to the death of Charles and to the demon hound. An escaped convict also plays an important role in the mystery as to giving Watson and Holmes some clues about the murders. At what appears to be the climax, Holmes reveals to Watson that he has been on the case and at Baskerville Hall, in Devonshire, the entire time. He also shatters all of Watson's theories about the case and tells Watson who the real culprit is. But the story is not over yet, as Holmes, Watson, and Sir Henry devise a plan to capture the culprit in the act, but a thick fog throws a monkey wrench into the plan and results in Sir Henry's encounter with the glowing, fire-breathing cursed hound of the Baskervilles.
Overall, I enjoyed the book very much, and this is saying much since I hate to read. What I especially liked about the book is the fact that Doyle threw so many possible suspects into the plot, but only one of them had anything to do with the mystery. That coupled with the fact that Watson, a mediocre detective, was on the case lets the readers logically run through the possibilities instead having Sherlock Holmes just give the answer away. The plot was developed very well with many cliffhangers which kept me wanting to read more. All in all, the only thing I didn't like about the book was the fact that the murderer was given away well before the end of the book. This was done at the time Sherlock Holmes was reintroduced. But Doyle well more than made up for it, by adding an intense finish to the book that kept me guessing as to the outcome. This book was definitely written to appease to the desires of those who enjoy murder mysteries and for those who like to be able to solve the case based on gathering information and putting it back together to form a logical explanation of the events.

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Summary: Hound of the Baskervilles is a great book!
Review: Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle is a great and easy read for anyone who likes mystery books. This book is another case of death or murder investigated and solved by Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. Watson. The book begins and ends in London in Sherlock Holmes' office, but the rest of the book mostly takes place in Devonshire at Baskerville Hall. It is a race to solve the mystery of the death of Sir Charles Baskerville before it's too late and before the same thing happens to Sir Henry Baskerville, Sir Charles' nephew who is the next to take over Baskerville Hall.
In the first few chapters, the author catches your attention by explaining 'The Curse of the Baskervilles' and why it is believed that every member of the Baskerville family has died the same way and by the same curse. The curse is well explained and it makes you wonder if it could be true or false. As the book goes on and Holmes and Watson are getting closer and closer to solving the mystery, there are a few unexpected encounters and events that are also unexplained. These events make it a bit more difficult to figure out the mystery, but they keep your attention and make you want to read on and find out what might happen next.
Not all the characters are what they seem to be, which allows for a few surprises along the way of solving the mystery. New events and people come up in every chapter making you want to learn more and solve the mystery. Holmes and Watson are a great team and although people try to get in their way, they always stay right on track until the end.
Hound of the Baskervilles is an awesome mystery book in my opinion. I liked everything about it, especially that it always kept my attention with the new and unexpected twists. It's easy to understand and not too long of a book either. The characters are well explained in their roles throughout the book so you're never confused about who's who. The author puts some twists in the novel to try to shy you away from the real murderer, but they don't stop Holmes and Watson from figuring it out. As the book goes on, it gets better and better as you get closer to solving the mystery. You'll have to read the book to find out what 'The Curse of the Baskervilles' is and what really happened to Sir Charles Baskerville. I strongly recommend reading this book, even if you're not into mystery books I think you'll enjoy it.

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Summary: Holmes is trying to find the ghostlike hound
Review: Where can you find giant hounds that stalk and kill an innocent victim in the night? Well, a good place to look for this dreadful event is in Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles. It is a wonderful, but mysterious book that will surely keep you on the edge of your seat. Sherlock Holmes is a very intelligent protagonist who always has a wise explanation for everything that seems unusual. This novel takes place in the gloomy swamplands of England, around the Baskerville estate. The main conflict in the story is Person vs. Nature because during almost the whole story, Holmes is trying to find the ghostlike hound and figure out exactly what is going on.

I enjoyed this book a lot because it doesn't give away too much information and allows you to think about all of the possible explanations for the hound which are probably much worse then the actual reasons. I also felt almost like I was right there with Sherlock helping him solve the case. Overall the book was very good but one feature that I didn't like is my edition, illustrated by Pablo Marcos Studio, had many pictures and they definitely weren't how I pictured the hound, it didn't even look like a hound or any kind of animal I have ever seen for that matter. I would have liked to have used more of my imagination to visualize how I think the hound should really look. Despite what you may have heard, this book is not stupid or boring; it is actually very interesting and I think you would enjoy it if you have an open mind.

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Summary: The Hound of Baskervilles Book Review
Review: I found this book to be a very good work of litureature. It keeps the reader guessing and was always having unexpected twists and turns. I had read a few other Sherlock Holmes books and I have to say that this was my favorite.
The plot was extreamly intracate and the characters were rich and dramatic. It was fun to see the characters progress and watch them face unknown odds.

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Summary: Don't play with this puppy
Review: Reviewing a Sherlock Holmes story is like reviewing a Big Mac -- there's little point in recommending it one way or the other because you're already familiar with its ilk and you find it either delightful or a noxious, cholesterol-laden, artery-clogging, quasi-edible hockey puck. A little Sherlock Holmes goes a long way, but "The Hound of the Baskervilles," Doyle's only full-length (although short) novel featuring the sleuth, flows at a nice pace that proportions it well with the shorter stories.

The case involves the legend of a monstrous hound that haunts the moor around Baskerville Hall, the ancestral manor of the nearly defunct Baskerville line. Sir Henry Baskerville has just returned to England from Canada to inherit the estate left by his uncle Sir Charles who recently died under mysterious circumstances that appear to be related to the hound. In London, Sir Henry has received an anonymous note warning him to stay away from the moor, someone has been shadowing him, and, even more portentously, two boots have been stolen from his hotel room -- not a pair, but one boot from each of two pairs.

Immediately hired to solve the puzzle, Holmes dispatches his loyal colleague, Dr. Watson, to Baskerville Hall to collect clues. Watson meets several interesting residents in the vicinity, such as Stapleton, a wispy entomologist living in a house with his sister whose beauty attracts Sir Henry's amorous attentions, and Frankland, an ebulliently litigious old man with a telescope and a troubled daughter. Among the servants of Baskerville Hall, the most prominent is Barrymore the butler who, for the sake of his wife, is harboring an incriminating secret about someone or something lurking on the moor.

Doyle is quite effective at evoking the bleakness of the moor, the slipping and drowning hazards of its slopes and bogs, and the chilling reverberations of the ghostly nocturnal canine howl across the open spaces. The dark aura of the setting is magnified by the folkloric evil of Hugo Baskerville, the ancestor whose sins are purported to have brought the curse of the hound upon his descendants. Holmes, of course, is no believer in superstitions; he puts his faith in physical logic and meticulously analyzes every detail observable to nobody but himself until an answer suggests itself. Watson, as the emotional, compassionate half of the duo, complements the stoic Holmes; his main function is not to be a detective but to tell the story, which is fine because Holmes himself would probably be an insufferably mechanical narrator.

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Summary: Hear the howling, Holmes?
Review: This novel is out and away the best work that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did with his famous duo. The dark shadows of the moor, a family ghost, a family with a soiled member bent on homicide (quite ingeniously, by the by), an escaped murderer, and then the hound from hell itself! Great stuff, the stuff of legend. Five solid Sherlock stars from The Blade! Oh, and avoid imitations of this story. How do you improve on perfection?

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Summary: A Great Sherlock Holmes Novel
Review: The novel I read is called "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle. I liked this book because of the characters, how the story developed, and how it was written.
The main characters in the book are Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Together they solve the mystery of who killed Sir Charles Baskerville. I think they make a good team because Sherlock does more of the thinking about evidence and theories and Watson goes out and does the leg work of asking questions and gathering information. Even though Sherlock knows the answer to the mystery, he wouldn't be able to do it without Watson and he doesn't act like the superior of the two.
I also liked the book because it was a mystery so the more I read, the more exciting it got as the killer's identity was revealed. I did not know who the killer was or what his motive was until the end.
Finally, I liked the way the author wrote. When Sir Henry was being chased by the hound, I almost felt like it was after me. He had the characters say things like "By Jove" and "Good Heavens". Also, instead of writing "he said" all the time, it was sometimes written as "said he". Lastly, words would be repeated which I thought made it funny such as: "The brute, the brute", "His wife, His wife", and "A beard, a beard".
In conclusion, I enjoyed this book and agree with those who say that this is one of the best detective stories ever written.