BOOK REVIEW

ADVENTURE
OF
SHERLOCK HOLMES
◦ BY
◦ ATHARVA SRIVASTAVA
◦ ROLL NUMBER - 5
◦ GRADE 7 COPERNICUS
 ABOUT THE BOOK
◦Author :Arthur Conan Doyle
◦Illustrator :Sidney Paget
◦Country :United Kingdom
◦Language :English
◦Series :Sherlock Holmes
◦Genre :Detective fiction short stories
◦Publisher :George Newnes
◦Published : 14 October 1892
◦Pages : 307
◦Preceded by :The Sign of the Four 
◦Followed by :The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 
◦Text :The Adventures of Sherlock holmes 
 ABOUT THE BOOK
Characters :- DR JOHN H. WATSON
SHERLOCK HOLMES
IRENE ADLER
INSPECTOR LESTRADE
PROFESSOR MORIARTY
MARY SUTHERLAND (HOLMES CLIENT)
JAMES MCCARTHY
KING OF BOHEMIA (SCANDAL OF BOHEMIA)
 THE ADVENTURES OF
SHERLOCK HOMES
◦A Scandal in Bohemia
◦The Red Headed League
◦A Case of Identity
◦ T h e B o s c o b e l Va l l e y M y s t e r y
◦The Five Orange Pips
◦ T h e M a n w i t h t h e Tw i s t e d L i p
◦The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
◦The Adventure of the Speckled Band
◦The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
◦The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
◦The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
◦The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
 BOOK REVIEW
◦ Sherlock Holmes is a series of his investigations which is really engaging. Most of
them always start with some form of fine detail and then turns around to change
around just from the little details that he observes.  That is the interesting thing
of Sherlock Holmes and it keeps us wondering what his next step is and how each
case will end.  Its a very enjoyable read. 

◦ This is a book with 12 investigations of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes.  Dr.

Watson, his trusted companion, is the narrator of each of these stories.  He
documents each one through his eyes and his experience.  When Holmes exits the
picture , we jump forward to when he comes in. This allows us a lot of mystery as
we read.  We know that its the most accurate version from Watson`s mouth and
this is also the reason that pulls us to read the book.
◦ I never thought about this but the image of Sherlock Holmes created by Arthur
Conan Doyle is mesmerizing because of this missing detail and because its the
opinion formed by Watson himself.  The missing parts of where Holmes
investigates on his own is where we wonder when he comes back what approach
he is going to use next to capture the culprit red handed. It leaves the readers
wondering and often times I found myself trying to figure out what the next
move was or who the next culprit was.  There was maybe 3-4 times that I figured
out who was the culprit but I usually would get the twist and details of the actual
story wrong.
◦ This is also what makes Sherlock Holmes a very attractive and intelligent
character.  He inspects and sees the little details that we normally ignore and
would not associate with how he gathers his information.  It takes a lot of
general to be able to connect those links together from the people he observes or
the evidence that he finds and inspects.

◦ Overall, I really find this book full of suspenseand interesting novel to read.  I
loved the character of Sherlock Holmes and will probably seek out his other
novels too. I always like a good mystery books where the suspense is maintained
throughout the story . I get involved throughout the story and that makes it very
recommendable and interesting. I suggest that you should also read it .