'There's a scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.' From the moment Dr John Watson takes lodgings in Baker Street with the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, he becomes intimately acquainted with the bloody violence and frightening ingenuity of the criminal mind. In A Study in Scarlet , Holmes and Watson's first mystery, the pair are summoned to a south London house where they find a dead man whose contorted face is a twisted mask of horror. The body is unmarked by violence but on the wall a mysterious word has been written in blood. The police are baffled by the crime and its circumstances. But when Sherlock Holmes applies his brilliantly logical mind to the problem he uncovers a tragic tale of love and deadly revenge . . .
Book Review:
I've always had an interest in Sherlock Holmes and even more so after watching the show by BBC and then reading A Study in Charlotte, which I reviewed here. I finally decided that it was time to pick up the original Sherlock Holmes stories, so when I found a bindup e-book version for a good price on Amazon, I snagged it. I have the four main stories in this bindup, the first obviously being A Study in Scarlet.
I read the story, which isn't very long anyway, in about two days. I immediately fell in love with Conan Doyle's writing style. For having written these stories so long ago, the story didn't have the same dullness to it that I find in many other books written at the same time. I loved the characters right off of the bat, especially Sherlock. He is just so unapologetically strange. I hope that John has a bit more character development because I could see that his time overseas left neverending effects on him but I would like that to be developed more. As well as more conversations and interactions between him and Sherlock in general, not just John listening to Sherlock's explanations.
Overall, the story was amazing and I can't wait to jump into another, but I am going to put other books in between each Sherlock book so that I can prolong the enjoyment.
Pages: 116 Rate: 4/5
Favorite Quote:
“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.”
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