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Sherlock Holmes: Mysteries of the Victorian Era

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This book was interesting in the fact that it was different than other Holmes books. It has some different approaches and moves into some different areas where other Holmes books don't attempt (such as the last story). This is supposedly the author's first book and it's not bad in that regard. I read some of the other reviews and noticed that the "purest" of the Holmes society have once again tried to trash anyone who tries to write out of the original canon. Shame on them. There are some editing problems in the book, but I have found that these are somewhat common from the specific publisher.

I am relatively new to the world of Sherlock Holmes and I very much enjoyed this compilation of stories. The book contains 5 short stories. Each story was well-developed and contained just the right amount of mystery. I particularly liked the last of the stories, "The Adventure of Jackthorn Circle". What an ending!!

The book cover indicates that this is the first book for this author (although you wouldn't know it based on his writing). I will be sure to buy future books by Mr. DiLisio.

It is unfortunate that this type of poor pastiche is allowed to be published. For example, in the first story, the murder weapon is a vial of "Liquid Nitrogen" into which a copper coil is dipped. After 3 days, the vial is still steaming. Any 4th grade student knows Nitrogen exists as a liquid only under high pressure, and is not going to sit around in a glass vial.

In addition, the grammar and spelling is atrocious! Perhaps my guess at the work being of a 4th grade level is not so far off.

One of the worst of many Sherlock Holmes pastiches I have read.

Since we can no longer add to the original 56 stories written by Conan Doyle, we have to accept and be somewhat pleased with anyone who attempts to keep the Sherlock Holmes name in the limelight and allows us to sink into the Victorian Era for ever so short periods of time. I thank the author for that.

This book is not for the pure Holmes fan. It appears to be more of light-hearted attempt at writing some Holmes stories (something that most Holmes followers have done). This is a self-published book (since it is iUniverse) and that must be taken into consideration. A couple of the stories are pretty good and it states this is the author's first book so take it for what it's worth. For entertainment, it's fine.

I found this book to lean to a scientific side, though I don't believe that the author is a scientist. For the average person, most of the resolutions sound good. It's a somewhat different approach to Holmes, which may intrigue some. The attempt to follow the Conan Doyle style of writing is not easy and that can be sensed in this book. It's an average read.

Hey, as long as someone keeps writing about Holmes..I'm happy!

This book was fairly good. I think that the author had some difficulty with the British phrasing/grammer, which explains some of the awkward sentence structure. Conan-Doyle wrote in a very baroque style and some authors have difficulty following it, especially if they are not British. I liked a couple of the stories, the others could have used more detail.

This is dreadful. The book is full of typos and grammatical errors, the author is apparently ignorant of all but the barest outlines of British society, and the solutions to the mysteries are absurd.

Probably the worst Holmes pastiches I have ever seen. I like some others almost threw the book out ( I couldnt resell this trash to anyone) the Author doesnt write in the form of Doyle ( unless its for grade schoolers) the " science" is laughable and frankly I hope this is not only his first book but his last at least as far as Holmes is concerned.

The first story bored The Raven beyond belief! I almost tossed the book (I gotta learn not to buy every book with Sherlock Holmes in the title!) but I forced myself to finish. It's bloody sure Dilisio is not British, nor has he read much British fact or fiction. In fact, he blew it badly. Some stories amused The Raven, so two stars. The only worse pastiche is Michael Dibdin's The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, which indeed should be the last one HE writes. Ditto for this book and dreary Dilisio. Quoth the Raven...