Review: Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle and Creating Character Arcs by K. M. Weiland

[lantairvlea]

This one was pretty engaging. I didn't realize that it was written in first person. That was a surprise

Comments

[madman101]

I loved that book, but actually loved his SH stories better. More crystalised and solid.

Have you read Tale of Two Cities? I really loved that one and think you might too.

[lantairvlea]

I think I'll read more of Mr. Doyle in the future.

I remember trying "Tale of Two Citites" in Jr. High or High School and not making it through. I picked up a Dickens collection this winter and plan on giving it another go.

[madman101]

I loved them both!

I think Doyle was trying to fill in as a deep-feeling, etc., novel writer, with the book, but his best element was in serialising his shorter Sherlock Holmes stories. Quiet involving and electric, at least I thought so when I read them.

Maybe To2C had a lot in interweaving soap-opera and intrigue plot going on - I can see one not staying with it. I could never rise above my ADHD to do that now. But there was a time when I was giving my time and attention over to drawn-out writers, like Dostoevsky, who were, through the tedium and boringness, very rewarding! But, one has to be unfettered by other demands, normally.

I possibly mentioned that I believed I liked "Kidnapped" much more than "Treasure Island."

[lantairvlea]

It did take me two tries to get all the way through "Les Miserables" and I maintain a love/hate relationship with Mr. Hugo. Some of the writing was simply sublime, and other portions felt like they had no point or connection to the story and were just there to fill space.

I'll have to look at "Kidnapped" eventually and will also be poking at Doyle's other works.