Sleepy Hollow 108-112

Well, that was... frantic and disjointed and weird. The music lent to such a feverish pace, even when it was not needed - like them simply walking in the woods - that when it finally came to a really scary, suspenseful scene, I was so tired of being all wired tight, that it actually annoyed me.

The only thing that really surprised me, was ( spoilers! )

The rest though... ( spoilers! )

Honestly? I was not impressed.

I guess I liked it better in the beginning, when the show was smaller, more intimate - just like with SPN, when it goes huge, it gets boring, it's the up close and personal storylines that make me feel invested.

I like the characters, Abbie, Jenny and Ichabod - Katrina not really, as I said, too much of a damsel in distress - but I'm not sure if I'll be back for S2. I hope they slow down the frantic pace and give the show cleaner, straighter storylines. But... the season finale didn't really keep my interest.

Stiles Stilinski Theory!

This is an incredibly interesting theory about why Stiles might have been the one who ( spoilers! )

Link. Beware of spoilers, of course. The theory is based on one picture from a later part of the season, and I hope it turns out to be true because that would be awesome!

Book #11

"Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life" by David Stuart Davies

Rating: ♦

4th wall? What 4th wall? I rarely give Sherlock Holmes pastiches the lowest rating because in every book I find something interesting, or at least I try. But this one? I barely finished it. It's not really a story per se, there's no investigation, it's a one-man play, a polemic or an argument between Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, both arrogant pricks in their own way. It's... basically, it's the evolution of the Sherlock Holmes fandom, beginning with Doyle's hate towards his own creation and ending with the character's resurgence after Doyle's death in the pastiches of his avid followers. But, really, when I pick up a Holmes story, I want to read a a mystery, not a philosophical discourse on the nature of the beast. I only got it because I love Big Finish's audio dramas but it was a mistake. Not my cuppa.