Victor Frankenstein creates life from the dead, alone, in his Geneva laboratory. His friend, Clerval, becomes concerned for Victor's health when he is suddenly missing and travels to London, England to consult 'privately' with old school mate, Dr. John Watson. Hearing a strange lie about events told to Watson, Sherlock Holmes takes it upon himself to delve into the strange particulars of the matter. Holmes, Watson and Frankenstein embark on a fantastic journey across the frozen wastelands of icy terror and helplessly observe as all around them meet their most gruesome death at the hands of the Frankenstein Monster.
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Born in 1955, Don Baranowski was raised in northwest Indiana where he attended Purdue University campus and worked in auto shops for several years before becoming a millwright in the steel mills for over eleven years. During this time he played baseball, softball, racquetball, restored antique cars and built and raced others. Getting tired of the cold and snow, he left there in 1989 and has lived in the Arizona sunshine ever since. He lives there happily with his beautiful wife, Kristi, and their handsome son, Donnie, in the Phoenix Area. He currently works for the United States Post Office as a Mail Processing Equipment technician.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very disappointing,
By Marianne Hudson (Birmingham, AL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Paperback)
I purchased this book with great anticipation, but even the introduction was disappointing. Purporting to be yet another lost Watson manuscript, the framing story is that Watson sent the tale of Holmes' adventure to his former girlfriend, Mary Shelley (nee Godwin), and that was the basis for her book. Mary Shelley was born in 1797, published "Frankenstein" in 1818, and died in 1851. The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in 1887, and Watson is portrayed as in his (early?) thirties at the time. Rather precocious, wouldn't you say, to be seeing a woman who died before he was born?
Always willing to reject reality in favor of a good story, I began reading. This author (or publisher) is in dire need of a copy editor and proofreader (and a few lessons in basic grammar). There is constant substitution of "it's" for "its", "bare" for "bear", and at least one instance of "foreward" for "forward". There are a number of punctuation errors. The narration changes tense at least twice, and there are several scenes described in detail by Watson at which he was not present. Castle Frankenstein seems to move back and forth between England and Switzerland, and evidently the Baron has also invented time travel, since the day after Victor's wedding (in Geneva), he and his entourage are in England. I'm sorry, Mr. Baranowski, but I see this as a total waste of $12.95 and two hours of my life.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Proofreader's Nightmare,
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This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Paperback)
I was really looking forward to this book. I've read the Sherlock Holmes Canon and countless pastiches. I read Frankenstein when I was much younger and am a devoted fan of the Universal horror movies. Unfortunately, this book is proof that the whole can be much less than the sum of the parts, The writing style is all over the place: alternately hackneyed, stilted, or over the top. Words are used incorrectly, and I have never seen so many fragments used in lieu of sentences. Sir Arthur would cringe. Holmes is a dolt in this book: As Raven indicates in his review, Baranowski's Holmes doesn't seem able to guess future events which are foreshadowed with all the subtlety of a rampaging bull. The dialogue does not evoke the period, but what is most unforgiveable is that the story adds nothing to the original. Perhaps my disappointment was so profound because my expectations were so high. I am stunned at the charitable reviews this book received from the other reviewers because I found this book a painful waste of time.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Greatly disappointing,
By Pennsylvania Cajun (Shippensburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Paperback)
This is one of the most poorly written books I have read in a long time. It also suffers from the obvious fact that it was not proof read or edited by the publisher (making me think that the author paid to have it published by a vanity press). The author switches from present tense to past tense in the same paragraph. In one of the early paragraphs in the book, he used the word "old" about five times rather than consult a thesaurus for a synonym. He describes Holmes, Watson, and others going to Switzerland to visit Frankenstein's home and later says that they went from there into Switzerland. There are numerous other problems with the writing. As other reviewers here have stated, he has events from the early 19th century mixing with those from the late 19th century, making me wonder if he knows when "Frankenstein" was written and what time period it covers.
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