Reviews for Round the Fire Stories

The average rating for Round the Fire Stories based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-07-23 00:00:00 Robert Desmarais His Last Bow --Preface --The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge --The Adventure of the Cardboard Box --The Adventure of the Red Circle --The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans --The Adventure of the Dying Detective --The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax --The Adventure of the Devil's Foot --His Last Bow The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Preface --The Adventure of the Illustrious Client --The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier --The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone --The Adventure of the Three Gables --The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire --The Adventure of the Three Garridebs --The Problem of Thor Bridge --The Adventure of the Creeping Man --The Adventure of the Lion's Mane --The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger --The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place --The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

Review # 2 was written on 2014-01-30 00:00:00 Jerome Ekuban So this was the end of an era. The final instalment of Sherlock Holmes. That's just the 60 stories across 40 years then. I've read all of them over the past 18 months or so and during that time I've fallen in and out of love with Holmes. The excitement I first felt dwindled away as the stories became more repetitive and less inventive. Yet as things were drawing to a close, I rediscovered a fondness for Holmes and even Watson in this collection. I didn't enjoy every story. I felt exasperated at the mention of each savage type. I hardly cared about the mystery and was even less amazed by Sherlock's powers of deduction. Yet there was something comforting as I continued to turn the pages. I suppose it was like spending time with an old friend that you've grown apart from, sharing memories of the good times, but knowing it will be a while before you meet again.