Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes #5)
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Genre: Classic, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
My Review Rating: ★★★★
Goodreads Description: In this, one of the most famous of Doyle’s mysteries, the tale of an ancient curse and a savage ghostly hound comes frighteningly to life. The gray towers of Baskerville Hall and the wild open country of Dartmoor will haunt the reader as Holmes and Watson seek to unravel the many secrets of the misty English bogs.
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As a fan of mystery, thriller, detective books, I’ve been wanting to read Sherlock Holmes since forever. Maybe when I get my bigger shelf this is one of the series I’ll definitely collect first (aside from Agatha Christie, of course).
“The Hound of the Baskervilles” by Arthur Conan Doyle is a classic mystery novel that is supposed to keep you engaged and really feel and think like you’re part of the story. The book obviously detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-trusted companion Dr. Watson as they investigate a mysterious and suspicious death of a wealthy man named Charles Baskerville.
I won’t deny at first I was a bit lost and maybe it’s just because I was in a reading slump, but when I completed one chapter and another I knew I shouldn’t put this up to my list of books to be given away. Lol. I love the very classic English way of writting and I love the tricks, red herrings, and basically how it manipulated my brain to think about this and that (sorry trying not to spoil).
I think the uniqueness of incorporating a supernatural element in a detective novel or a mystery book is still in and never cliche. I know you can name another title or two, but come on, Sherlock Holmes! Or I dunno, I just imagined Dr. Strange the whole tiem I was reading it and I’m good.
What I am looking in a mystery book is a book is that curious story that makes me want more. I also am looking for that excitement so I don’t want to DNF the book, ykwim? And The Hound of the Baskervilles delivered.
view my reading vlog and some books for a giveaway!
I am using the CAWPILE rating system, though please remember a reader’s taste may change from time to time, so I’m not sure if you can trust me here unless this was a recent read. Leaving my ratings anyways because this was totally how I felt the time I read this book. *winks*
We went to visit our new house pending for renovations lol and then Evia to celebrate my dad’s birthday. It was a quite nice yet awful day – my dad was hurt because of a silly falling tree, and I lost my Kindle. You won’t see that in the vlog but if you’re curious about the books I am reading and giving away, here you go~
here are other reads if you liked The Hound of the Baskervilles:
“Ten little boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little boys traveling in Devon; One said he’d stay there then there were seven. Seven little boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in half and then there were six. Six little boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one. One little boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.”
It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, the lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.