Another good Sherlock Holmes novel, this one steeped in the gloomy atmosphere of the moors. My friend told me a character reminded her of my husband. Should I be concerned that he's the murderer? ( )

I had never read any of the Sherlock Holmes series, so this was a great start. Still not convinced this is my genre, but this book was well done (duh) ( )

I went into my first Sherlock Holmes novel not expecting to like it very much. Sherlock Holmes is all about reason, logic, and deduction-- all things that I am not a fan of! Come on, I’m a Twin Peaks lover, a show where an FBI agent solves crimes by having mysterious dreams and throwing stones at milk bottles. Even after the first chapter, I found Sherlock’s persona grating and I did not think we were going to get along

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I was so wrong! This was wonderful! It turns out Sherlock is a huge weirdo and this is one heck of a bizarre mystery. Big plus for being set on the English moors, a mysterious eerie setting that never fails to draw me into a story. I relished every second of prose describing the rugged countryside and fatal bogs. Seriously, this book is totally about running amok on the moors and I was here for it ( )

I'm fairly certain that I read Hound of the Baskervilles when in high school, but at this point in life do not specifically remember doing so.
I needed a 'light' read as a break from another current endeavor, so picked this off the shelf.
I've read several other late 19th-early 20th century works in the past couple of years and while this is indeed a classic of it's genre I found that it was rather simplistic in style and construction, and it didn't drag me in and keep me enthralled as others have.
Still, well worth the time spent in the evenings right before bed. ( )

Still an enthralling mystery after all of this time! I hadn't seen the TV episodes of this story for years, so I approached the book with an open mind. The suspense builds wonderfully. Of course, there is some very Victorian racial commentary that induces eye-rolling, but fortunately those mentions were few. I wouldn't mind reading more Holmes mysteries in the future. ( )