tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756608595761528683.post7265343065229165476..comments2023-12-08T00:28:13.416-08:00Comments on Better Holmes & Gardens: BOOK REVIEW: “The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.”goddessinsepiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216346071787396697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756608595761528683.post-42258427078530832912011-07-04T08:36:55.344-07:002011-07-04T08:36:55.344-07:00@Lucy: You spoil me with your kind and generous co...@Lucy: You spoil me with your kind and generous comments, Lucy! I don't exaggerate when I say I might have given up this endeavor if it hadn't been for your support and encouragement! I'm still so pleased that you enjoyed "The West End Horror," and I definitely have plans to discuss that story as well in a future post. You've assured me that there is still a benefit to be had from discussing classic books, and the world of Sherlock Holmes certainly has a plethora of classic books to share!goddessinsepiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216346071787396697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756608595761528683.post-29754254029633827432011-07-03T08:01:05.894-07:002011-07-03T08:01:05.894-07:00You have certainly proven, to my satisfaction, tha...You have certainly proven, to my satisfaction, that a great book can still be reviewed with profit, and the added benefit of perspective, after many years. If the timing of reviews were charted on a statistical distribution, a classic book should have a very long tail indeed.<br /><br />Any author should be overjoyed to have such a thoughtful appreciation of his or her work as you have provided for Nicholas Meyer's outstanding Sherlock Holmes novels, which are almost too perfect and ambitiously conceived to be called pastiches. Thanks for recommending "The West End Horror" in a tweet a while back. The best thing about your appreciations/reviews of books and films is your relentless pursuit, with Holmesian tenacity, of the "why's" of their appeal. It is no easy task for a new author to lift a story to the level where it is not merely a reminder, but a living embodiment of the spirit of Holmes and Watson's engagement with our world. The proof for Meyer should be that you came to Holmes through "The Canary Trainer"--that memory is a wonderful story in itself.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187517182328614133noreply@blogger.com