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"Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life" by David Stuart DaviesRating: ♦
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.
