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A Study in Scarlet

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

And now for a book that I loved!

 As a big fan of the movies and the BBC TV series (huge in this case) I was really psyched to read the Sherlock Holmes books. I started off with the first in the series although it isn’t that huge of an issue, I’m just super OCD when it comes to my books.

In A Study In Scarlet, Dr. John Watson moves in with Sherlock Holmes and they solve their first case together (although really, Holmes solves the case and Watson is just along for the ride),  a man found dead, murdered,  in an abandoned house, with no signs of injury whatsoever on his body and the word RACHE printed on the wall in blood.

Sherlock Holmes really surprised with how accessible and easy to read it was, given that it was written in 1887. There were words that have different uses now, as is to be expected, but it was really easy to follow. It’s also really cool to see Holmes' thought pattern, even if it is through a different person’s eyes.  In the TV series A Study In Scarlet is adapted to a modern setting and renamed A Study In Pink, and it’s really interesting reading the book having already seen the television show, and comparing the two. What’s also really neat is seeing how Holmes deals with being so incredibly smart. (Smart people books! Yay smart people books!)

A Study In Scarlet is in three parts and I originally thought Part 2 was a separate mystery, but it’s actually back story to the murder, which is actually a bit sad and then the third part goes back to Watson and Holmes.

I really enjoyed A Study in Scarlet, and am definitely going to read every Sherlock Holmes book. Yep, that’s right, every single one. Even if it takes me a year.

Feisty chick-o-meter: 2/10 hardly any female characters unfortunately
Age rating: 13 and up
Rating: 10/10
Stand alone or series: Series
Book or audiobook: Book