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Summary: HOUND REVIEW
Review: I gave this novel five stars because of several reasons. The first reason would be that it was purely entertaining. Secondly, I was given so many options regarding who was the real criminal. Thirdly, the characters, especially Sir Henry Baskerville and the Stapletons, not only played a crucial role in the plot, but in my 5 star rating. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to you or to read it again myself.
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Summary: A *definite* MUST read!
Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles is certainly one of the best books I've ever read. I love Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's style! Everything he mentions is important to the plot. It's *really* kewl! I also love his characters! They are so believable! I just finished reading it yesterday, and I did not want it to end! When I was only half way through, I knew it was going to definitely be one of my favorite books. It's *way* up there. Everyone should read this book. It's just too good to believe! This is, actually, the first mystery I've ever read, and I really enjoyed it, so I think I'm going to read some more of the Sherlock Holmes adventures! A definite must read!
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Summary: Gloom, Doom, and Subtle Misdirection
Review: Most Sherlock Holmes stories (especially the short stories like The Red Headed League) are like playing chess in a Victorian drawing room. You get a period piece with some subtle moves. The Hound of the Baskervilles is a total change-up from that format. Doyle builds the atmosphere of ancient legends, foul play, and a dark moor in an irresistible way. You will find yourself looking out over your shoulder if you read this book on a dark, lonely night. So if you like a novel with a true gothic feel, this will be your main reward.Your unexpected reward will be one of the most famous clues in all of detective fiction. In searching out who is haunting the Baskerville's, Doyle has Holmes solve the puzzle by looking for something that is missing. This is the only mystery that I know of that is solved by vacuous fulfillment (an odd concept of mathematics that Doyle must have known about). The third feature of this story are the many fallacious beliefs about how science works (like phrenology -- the shape of the skull determining your mind and character). You may find this interesting or annoying. In either case, try to remember that we probably have many similar false beliefs today that will look silly a hundred years from now. Can you think of one? Wrap up in a blanket by the fire, have a glass of wine, and enjoy!
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Summary: Doyle at his best, and yet but a product of his time
Review: Probably the best and definately the most famous of the S. Holmes books, aided perhaps through its Gothic overtones, the book is a quick read and has minimal padding unless one compares it to its Noir antecedents. These factors alone make it worthy of a read. But like other works by Doyle, what may be particularly pleasing and illuminating is the light it sheds on late Victorian sensibilities, particularly in areas which are now deemed to be, to put it delicately, highly charged. Craniometry is evidenced throughout (this being the study of the shape of the skull to determine the contents within, which will 'of course' determine the character of the possessor). E.g., upon meeting S. Holmes Dr. Mortimer says, "I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your pariental fissure?...I confess that I covet your skull." (I never expected such an exemplary example of early anthropological practice in Doyle [at the time, anthropologists didn't study the culture of native peoples, they wanted their skulls. Holmes, being interesting, must needs be have an interesting skull].) Likewise the ladder of evolution is applied to races and classes (blacks, the poor, and criminals are presumed to be closer to animals, etc., and 'empirical' evidence proves this). Now I am not faulting C. Doyle for being an avid follower of such theories, despite costs incurred to so-called racial inferiors (e.g., paternalism, racism, and the later Holocaust), but his books give a wonderful slice of late 19th century sensibilities. Those who are historically minded should find Doyle, and this book in particular, to be of extreme interest. In it one can see racial science applied 'rationally' and to effect by its practitioners in good faith and innocence. In sum, the book is entertaining, well written, and most famous. It will be of interest to any interested in crime fiction, mysteries, literary history, "racial-science", racism, the history of science, and the history of culture and sensibility. "The Hound" is a microcosm of actions and thoughts current at the time of its inception, or better yet if one be as cold-blooded and rational as its protagonist, it is an excellent and entertaining piece of evidence, a Holmesian footprint, that may help explain human history as it travelled to its nadir.
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Summary: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle is a piquant mystery that leads you from suspicion to suspicion. Sir Charles Baskerville had recently died of exhaustion after running from the demonic Hound of the Baskervilles, the family curse. While going to claim his inheritance, Sir Henry, the last of the Baskervilles, is warned away from Baskerville Hall by an anonymous note. At any moment, Sir Henry's life might be put into peril by the beast or the culprit behind it, so Dr. Watson accompanies him to Baskerville Hall. Holmes must deduct who is behind these seemingly supernatural occurrences before the hound strikes again.
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Summary: The Hound of Baskervilles
Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles is an interesting book. I thought that it was a little hard to follow at first, but it gradually got better. In the end, The Hound of Baskervilles was a good book, but I have read better books before.
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Summary: This book is full of suspense!
Review: The best book i have read in a long time...It portrays complex, and mysterious characters.
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Summary: Has anyone listened to the Cosham reading of this audio-book
Review: I am a committed Sherlockian. I prefer to hear Frank Muller read the books. Has anyone listened to this reading? What do you think?
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Summary: An all round typically cool Sherlock book. Can't beat it.
Review: This book was the first I read fo Sir Arthur Doyle, but I was convinced that it would be cool when I knew it had Sherlock Holmes as the main character. This book is really interested, and it really get's you into the plot of it all. I recommend it too all.READ THIS BOOK...
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Summary: I enjoyed it...
Review: I honestly enjoyed it. Sherlock Holmes I can't say it was the BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ. But it's certainly not boring. It's for all the old time Sherlock Holmes and Waston fans. It's nice to see everything unfold as Waston learns more and more. If Sherlock was narrator the book won't take up 174 pages...maybe 20?? :-) It's an intriguing story that deserves a try.
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