While an interesting case, this story leaves the reader hanging. You find out (if you haven't already figured out, which I had!!) who the perpetrator is, but the person doesn't get in trouble for it and the victim is never told. Sherlock assumes the victim wouldn't believe him and so never tells the victim who it is. So, we, as the reader, are left hanging without a real conclusion to the crime.
As you can probably tell, this isn't one of my favorites. I would even go on to say that I don't recommend it. I don't think the plot is good enough to counterbalance the ending.
I've decided I might as well read all the stories more or less in order since I'll have gotten through most of them by the time Aaron gets his book in the mail. Thus, I disregarded your advice and read it.
That being said, I wholeheartedly agree agree with you. I've come to find that I am rather disappoined with the stories that I can figure out; when I find that I have assumed correctly and identified the perp, a little voice rises up inside me saying, "Come on, SACD, you mean to tell me that Watson couldn't figure it out, and I could?"
I was appalled by the mother/daughter relationship in this one. What kind of mother takes an active roll in such a cruel charade at her daughter's expense? Sick! Reminds me of the scene at the end of Fargo -- "And for what? For a little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha know that?"
It did seem like the stepfather and mother were going to great lengths to keep a rather paltry sum of money, especially when the stepfather was supposed to be wealthy in his own right.
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While an interesting case, this story leaves the reader hanging. You find out (if you haven't already figured out, which I had!!) who the perpetrator is, but the person doesn't get in trouble for it and the victim is never told. Sherlock assumes the victim wouldn't believe him and so never tells the victim who it is. So, we, as the reader, are left hanging without a real conclusion to the crime.
As you can probably tell, this isn't one of my favorites. I would even go on to say that I don't recommend it. I don't think the plot is good enough to counterbalance the ending.
I've decided I might as well read all the stories more or less in order since I'll have gotten through most of them by the time Aaron gets his book in the mail. Thus, I disregarded your advice and read it.
That being said, I wholeheartedly agree agree with you. I've come to find that I am rather disappoined with the stories that I can figure out; when I find that I have assumed correctly and identified the perp, a little voice rises up inside me saying, "Come on, SACD, you mean to tell me that Watson couldn't figure it out, and I could?"
I was appalled by the mother/daughter relationship in this one. What kind of mother takes an active roll in such a cruel charade at her daughter's expense? Sick! Reminds me of the scene at the end of Fargo -- "And for what? For a little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha know that?"
It did seem like the stepfather and mother were going to great lengths to keep a rather paltry sum of money, especially when the stepfather was supposed to be wealthy in his own right.
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