I know we had decided not to make a separate posting for nonrequired stories, but I really thought that Hound of the Baskervilles deserved its own space.
I really enjoyed this story, with the exception of the tragedy of the hound. It seemed even more spell-binding than some of the other stories.
In addition, as Angie noted in another comment, the women show some gumption toward the end, which is a nice change. This is one of the later stories, maybe SACDs feelings about women had begun to change.
At first I thought it was the doctor - he was just too attentive to the nephew, I though. Of course he would have had the most ready access to the stolen boots.
I did figure that there was a actual dog being used for the murders once the new boot was returned and the old boot stolen.
I didn't realize that Beryl was married, but I did surmise that she was a battered woman (there were many obvious signs pointing to that).
I loved that Watson was in charge of most of the investigation. I think he did an excellent job applying lots of Holmes' theories. Lots of feet-on-the-ground investigating that makes for a great read!
I also liked that Watson played a larger role in this one. I like that SACD makes him attempt to apply Holmes methods, though sometimes I think he comes across as particularly dense, for example, when I have figured out who did it and he is still lost.
My first impression was the doctor, but pretty shortly thereafter I figured out who it was. The fact that he was married to his "sister" however, was a complete surprise. WHile I also realized early on that she was a battered woman, I still assumed it was just her brother doing it.
I did not think it was an actual dog, though, until they killed it. I was hung up with how flames could shoot out of a real dog's mouth. I thought it must be some sort of mechanical device or a person acting like a dog.
I also enjoyed that there was the possibility of it being a supernatural phenomenon. This was the first one we've read where there was that possibility.
In Hound, Holmes was able to identify Beryls perfume on the paper of her warning note. It got me thinking of all the little things he professes to be an expert on, indeed, having written papers on many of the following: typewriters and their identifiers toacco ash mud/dirt perfume ears chemistry
Let me add "bicycle tire treads" to the list of Holmes' specialties. (eye roll) In this respect he reminds me of Grissom on CSI. Noone can be so full of such useless knowledge!! =)
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I know we had decided not to make a separate posting for nonrequired stories, but I really thought that Hound of the Baskervilles deserved its own space.
I really enjoyed this story, with the exception of the tragedy of the hound. It seemed even more spell-binding than some of the other stories.
In addition, as Angie noted in another comment, the women show some gumption toward the end, which is a nice change. This is one of the later stories, maybe SACDs feelings about women had begun to change.
Who did you think had done it?
At first I thought it was the doctor - he was just too attentive to the nephew, I though. Of course he would have had the most ready access to the stolen boots.
I did figure that there was a actual dog being used for the murders once the new boot was returned and the old boot stolen.
I didn't realize that Beryl was married, but I did surmise that she was a battered woman (there were many obvious signs pointing to that).
I loved that Watson was in charge of most of the investigation. I think he did an excellent job applying lots of Holmes' theories. Lots of feet-on-the-ground investigating that makes for a great read!
I also liked that Watson played a larger role in this one. I like that SACD makes him attempt to apply Holmes methods, though sometimes I think he comes across as particularly dense, for example, when I have figured out who did it and he is still lost.
My first impression was the doctor, but pretty shortly thereafter I figured out who it was. The fact that he was married to his "sister" however, was a complete surprise. WHile I also realized early on that she was a battered woman, I still assumed it was just her brother doing it.
I did not think it was an actual dog, though, until they killed it. I was hung up with how flames could shoot out of a real dog's mouth. I thought it must be some sort of mechanical device or a person acting like a dog.
I also enjoyed that there was the possibility of it being a supernatural phenomenon. This was the first one we've read where there was that possibility.
In Hound, Holmes was able to identify Beryls perfume on the paper of her warning note. It got me thinking of all the little things he professes to be an expert on, indeed, having written papers on many of the following:
typewriters and their identifiers
toacco ash
mud/dirt
perfume
ears
chemistry
Did I miss any?
No, I think you got them all. Though he is also very adept at shoe prints and disguises- maybe there are papers in the works for those!
Let me add "bicycle tire treads" to the list of Holmes' specialties. (eye roll) In this respect he reminds me of Grissom on CSI. Noone can be so full of such useless knowledge!! =)
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