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The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz β book review
For the most part The House of Silk was an entertaining read. Horowitz captures the essence of the dynamic between Sherlock Holmes and Watson so that readers will find his portrayal of these two famous characters to be all too familiar. As per usual Horowitz also cleverly combines more than one mystery together, throwing in…
1890s, 19TH CENTURY, 1st pov, 3.25 stars, abuse, Adult, Anthony Horowitz, BOOK REVIEW, British author, CRIME, DETECTIVE, england, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLMES AND WATSON, LONDON, male authors, murder mystery, mystery puzzle, private investigator, published in 2011, READ IN 2019, RETELLINGS, sherlock holmes, sherlockiana, the house of silk, VICTORIAN, whodunnit -
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss
What a pity. I was expecting The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter to be a sort of gender-bender take on famous Gothic and Crime classics. Sadly, Goss doesn’t handle well intertextuality so well. She includes too much and the sheer amount of things she tries to drag into her story makes the existence of…
19TH CENTURY, 2.5 STARS, CLASSICS, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), england, Frankenstein, GOTHIC, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLMES AND WATSON, Hungarian American author, JEKYLL AND HYDE, MYSTERY, PARANORMAL, read in 2018, RETELLINGS, SCI-FI, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, THEODORA GOSS, VICTORIAN, YOUNG ADULT
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