Arthur Conan Doyle to twórca jednego z najsłynniejszych detektywów w literaturze – Sherlocka Holmesa. Dzięki wydawnictwu C&T i mojej ulubionej serii Biblioteka Grozy, mogłam zapoznać się z bardziej mroczną i nadnaturalną częścią twórczości autora.

Tajemnicze widma, groźne talizmany, spirytystyczne eksperymenty, upiory, eliksiry, kontrolowanie umysłu. Brzmi jak pakiet niezłych pomysłów na nowele grozy i tak jest w rzeczywistości. Zbiór zawiera siedem opowiadań, z których pięć uważam za naprawdę dobre, a dwa pozostałe tylko odrobinkę mniej przypadły mi do gustu. Dla fanów opowieści z dreszczykiem pozycja obowiązkowa.
7/10

Doyle had brilliant story ideas! He wrote according to his time & place (ie several Egyptian and explorer-related tales), but the conflict of knowledge & fear are always relevant.

Jestem ciekawa jakby opowiadania wyglądały na ekranie

Overall, a fun little collection of paranormal stories. Not the best I've read, but certainly still enjoyable.

Lot NO. 249: Best of the bunch in my opinion. The thought of an Egyptian corpse bounding towards you in the dead of night is terrifying. I also love the practicality of Englishmen. Fright and a bit of humor? Can't go wrong.

The Ring of Thoth: Second best. What can I say? I'm a sucker for ancient Egypt.

Selecting a Ghost: Third favorite of the lot. Comedic and paranormal is a winning combination every now and then.

The Captain of the Polestar: The only one that produced a slight chill up my spine. Something to do with the isolation of the arctic and ghosts....

The Leather Funnel: I liked it. The thought of sleeping next to an object and having dreams related to it's history and origins is very intriguing.

Playing with Fire: Warns of dabbling with the spiritual world. A fun story!

The Brown Hand: Insanely predictable. I would expect a craftier outcome from a man such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

I will give this book two stars. The reason for that is that I wasn’t very hooked at the beginning of any of the stories in it. There was no motivation so when supernatural stuff did happen it was just kind of meh. I, personally would not recommend this book to a friend because it just was not interesting to me and I can not imagine anyone enjoying this book completely and fully. It just wasn’t that good of a collection of stories

3.5