Ragnell finished reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. …
This was assigned for my English paper for High School. It was an incredible read.
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Ragnell finished reading Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye
Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye
From the gritty streets of nineteenth century London, the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson offers a tale unearthed after generations …
Ragnell reviewed Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye
From the gritty streets of nineteenth century London, the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson offers …
An actually good Sherlock Holmes v Jack the Ripper story.
5 stars
Content warning Mild spoilers
In reading Dust and Shadow I barely noticed how few actual people from the Ripper case the author used, but I'm pretty glad of it. Instead of putting words in Aberline's mouth, the author just uses Lestrade.Any historical figures are generally hearsay, except for a fictionalized scene with Sir Charles Warren that doesn't seem horribly far out of character.
The author makes up a fictional suspect to be the Ripper, which is better than laying it on someone we aren't sure about. And unless you are on the Ripper boards checking on all the real names, you're probably not going to notice that until the end.
It includes this plotline where a journalist keeps writing articles suggesting Sherlock did the murders, which is honestly the most true to the setting idea because there's no way Sherlock Holmes gets away so easily with being such a weird guy without making a few enemies and getting a little mud slung at him. As a result we get this amazing scene where Lestrade has to question him, and another great scene where Mycroft comes by to lecture him.
Really, it's the best I've ever seen in this vein and no one need ever do this plot again.
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LeRoy Miller finished reading The Adventure Of The Dying Detective by Arthur Conan Doyle
I am pretty sure I've heard this story (Old time radio) - but this is the first time I've read it. The OTR follows the story pretty close, so I wasn't too surprised by this. It is a short story and an easy enough read. Enjoyed this book.
Death & The Maiden: Odes to the Dead Girls of Pop Culture by Lucy Hannah Ryan
Death & the Maiden is not only a love letter to popular culture’s dead girls but an analysis of a …
Ragnell wants to read HausMagick by Erica Feldmann
Ragnell finished reading The Canary Trainer by Nicholas Meyer
The Canary Trainer by Nicholas Meyer
Located by a computer in the bowels of a major university, this missing manuscript by Dr. John Watson, the biographer …
Ragnell wants to read The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
A prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a …
Ragnell reviewed The Canary Trainer by Nicholas Meyer
Located by a computer in the bowels of a major university, this missing manuscript by …
Sherlock Holmes vs the Phantom of the Opera
4 stars
Puts Sherlock Holmes into Phantom of the Opera, following the events of the Seven PerCent Solution. It's a very enjoyable, interesting read and character study. I find Meyer's take on Holmes to be very close to the canon interpretation even though he does invalidate some canon events. Definitely worth a read.