Favourite Book


Favourite Book - Sheridan Gaboury

I first started watching the Sherlock series when I was 12 and I found the series on Netflix, I have watched and looked forward to every season since then. I really love the way that you can see how Sherlock solves the crimes in his head and you can get somewhat of a feeling of how it would feel to be a consulting detective. I always knew about the original Sherlock Holmes books and it had been on my books-to-read list for a while but I didn’t actually get to it until this summer when my friend gave me a full set of all the original Sherlock Holmes books for my birthday. I would have to say that A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be my favourite book in the series and otherwise. It is the first book of the series and it introduces the characters all really well. For those who have never watched the show, Sherlock, it takes place in the modern age, they use technology a lot of the time to help solve the crimes, and they have made a few modifications to the plot for modern purposes, but otherwise it closely resembles the original Sherlock Holmes book series which is set in the Victorian era. I think that’s part of the reason I really liked A Study in Scarlet so much, they used that book to help them create the first episode of Sherlock, which is called A Study in Pink, you can really tell when you read the books where the two overlap. I like the book mostly because it resembles the show that I love, and in the same way the show does, it gives you a bit of insight into the mind of Sherlock Holmes and how he solves crimes. I think the book is super descriptive and helps create a visual for the reader.  I think what drew me into the book was that it had very relatable characters like John Watson who is quiet a majority of the time, because I feel like that can be me sometimes, but then I can also be loud and obnoxious like Sherlock at some points. I would definitely recommend the Sherlock TV series as well as the Sherlock Holmes book series to anyone who enjoys crime shows and the Victorian era.

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  1. La-di-da Bird22 September 2017 at 17:13

    I, too, read all of ACD's Sherlock Holmes stories and watched the series. Can we discuss them, as Holmies? The original canon is, of course, irreplaceable, but I like that the series didn't make him out to be infallible. As much as it focused on the question of whether Sherlock is a sociopath or a human being, it made him out to be a lot more human than ACD's Sherlock. What do you think?
    P.S. My love for Molly Hooper probably makes me biased toward the series, I admit it.

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    1. Unknown27 September 2017 at 06:19

      I totally agree! In the BBC series it seems like he has so many more layers of personality in comparison to ACD's original. In the BBC series, Sherlock is so flawed and John can see it more than anyone else can. It creates a kind of dynamic that I really like. In the original series, John looks at him as being nearly perfect most times. But in the BBC version, Sherlock is like an onion that only a few people can peel.

      I love Molly Hooper too! Molly is such an amazing character. Honestly every character in the BBC series is so well thought out and well analyzed before being presented, in my opinion.

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  2. Kim Kamminga28 September 2017 at 10:37

    Glad you two Holmies found each other LOL

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