The Rediscovered Railway Mysteries
Nov. 13th, 2011 07:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatI finally listened to Sherlock Holmes: The Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and Other Stories by John Taylor and read by Benedict Cumberbatch - yeah, I only had it on my HDD for, oh, about a year *eye-roll*
And I must tell you, I almost didn't recognize Benedict Cumberbatch's voice. As Sherlock, he speaks really fast, in this quiet, rather monotone voice, he talks so fast that his words almost run together - it's a part of who Sherlock is, a part of the character. But as a reader, he had to "read" and not "act", if you know what I mean. And I wouldn't have recognized him!
The stories themselves were nothing special. I liked the first one best, An Inscrutable Masquerade, because it actually explored Holmes and Watson's friendship. It was mostly about them - or that's how it felt to me, at least - about the depth of their friendship and trust. Watson's feelings of betrayal, the way Holmes didn't want him to know because he didn't mean it, it was a ruse... Aww. And the ending: "But you do." Aww!
And I must tell you, I almost didn't recognize Benedict Cumberbatch's voice. As Sherlock, he speaks really fast, in this quiet, rather monotone voice, he talks so fast that his words almost run together - it's a part of who Sherlock is, a part of the character. But as a reader, he had to "read" and not "act", if you know what I mean. And I wouldn't have recognized him!
The stories themselves were nothing special. I liked the first one best, An Inscrutable Masquerade, because it actually explored Holmes and Watson's friendship. It was mostly about them - or that's how it felt to me, at least - about the depth of their friendship and trust. Watson's feelings of betrayal, the way Holmes didn't want him to know because he didn't mean it, it was a ruse... Aww. And the ending: "But you do." Aww!
