The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Angel of the Opera Book

Okay, so, my first review of this book was that it was so terrible I had to put it down. I've finished it now and feel I can give it a better review. Saying that though, I will give it two reviews - one as a Sherlock Holmes story and one as its own detective story.

1. As a Sherlock Holmes story this book is awful. I am a huge Sherlock fan and this book changes his character, his motives, and his style - essentially everything that makes Sherlock such a lovely character. I would venture that while Sherlock fans are most definitely in love with Holmes himself, a lot of affection is also held for Watson. Siciliano chose to dismiss Watson - in fact, the narrator of this story [Sherlock's cousin Dr. Vernier] says openly that he dislikes Watson. He goes so far as to claim Holmes doesn't like Watson - or his stories. If you're expecting an even remotely decent Sherlock Holmes story you won't find it here. Siciliano changes Holmes' character too much and takes too much liberty with his character to make it even remotely him even remotely endearing.

2. As a detective book, just happening to have the same name as Sherlock the book is adequate. It's not particularly gripping, it's mildly entertaining, but there's nothing really to make me tell you that you HAVE to read this book. The combination between the Phantom story and a detective is tense, and predictable.