The Adventure of the Illustrious Client - 3 stars
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier - 2 stars
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone - 4 stars
The Adventure of The Three Gables - 3 stars
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire - 4 stars
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs - 4.5 stars
The Problem of Thor Bridge - 3 stars
The Adventure of the Creeping Man - 2.5 stars
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane - 2 stars
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger - 2 stars
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place - 3 stars
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman - 4 stars

By finishing this book, I not only finish "just a book", I have also arrived at the final stop of a journey. The journey of mr. Holmes and dr. Watson. So I would like to recap for just a moment on that journey through over fifty short stories and four novels. It's been a fun journey, I've seen a writer grow and employ his skills better and better. I've seen the stories grow more and more interesting, more exciting. I'm actually quite sad knowing there's nothing new in store for me, the journey has been a fascinating one. Sadly, the last set of stories disappoints.
If you'd ask me, Doyle should have stopped writing these stories the second he finished "His Last Bow", the return and his last bow being my favourite set of stories. These stories were excellent, fun, inventive and up to the "Holmes standard". The stories included in the Case-Book, are often far-fetched and uninspiring. Also, the cases don't seem to focus on criminal issues anymore. Instead, in a couple of stories, Holmes gets called in in, well, seemingly domestic problems ( of course, in the end the problems always turn out to be well within the criminal spectrum, or at least bordering on it ). There were at least a good deal of problems that made me scratch the back of my head at the beginning of the story, thinking "Why are they calling in Holmes over thís?".
I could feel the writer getting tired of the character of Sherlock Holmes. Most stories are shorter than the standard short story, which is about thirty pages and the writing seems.. off. I occasionally lost track of where the plot was going in these books, because the writing felt rushed. I've never experienced that with the earlier stories. The stories are repetitive, some cover similar, if not the same, storylines or details that earlier stories have featured.
But, of course there are interesting aspects to these stories. This collection features two stories that are narrated by Holmes himself, which is quite refreshing. The reader also is treated to an inside look in the place where the detective has decided to retire.

O último livro de SH. Lido.
Não acredito que não tem mais nenhum para ler.
Agora é começar a reler.