Two great stories.

Que se puede decir de una obra de Arthur Conan Doyle y su detective Sherlock Holme, interesante, envolvente, entretenida
Esta edición incluye dos novelas El sabueso de los Baskerville y el valle del terror.

**3.5 stars**

I'm usually a big Sherlock Holmes fan, but I didn't enjoy arguably the most famous story about the detective as much as others I've read. I'm not sure if I just had too high expectations, but I think it was mostly that it felt like Holmes wasn't as central to the story as some of the others. Give me more Sherlock! I did quite enjoy the Valley of Fear however, and that one really piqued my interest.

The Hound of the Baskervilles is set in a mysterious moor where the heir to the Baskerville fortune has been scared to death by a giant hound who is said to haunt the family. When the new heir arrives, Sherlock is determined to keep him safe from the same fate

A wonderful book.

Many consider these two books to be the best among the plethora of stories created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and quite rightly so. To begin with the first one, the epitome of, if not literary artistry then in the very least imaginative brilliance, it is Sherlock Holmes at his very best. We have, as was so aptly written in the afterword of this fabulous edition, all the prime elements of a Detective story and that too a Sherlockian Story in this novel. It is filled with mystic of the far away land, set in the stunning landscape of the Dartmoor Hills, the tinge of the supernatural makes it all the more captivating. Despite Sherlock Holmes been a bit absent from a substantial part of the story, Watson's impeccable narration makes us live the adventure with him. The presence of the black tall finger in the moors is certainly not what the weak in heart can live up to, and Dr. Watson proves what his role has become to represent. The ending, in particular, must have been one of the most suspenseful of the endings back when it first and indeed it continues to be one of the fantastic one. The mystery that shrouded the mythical hound up till now, demystifies into something what science can thoroughly explain, beckoning the reader to understand what Doyle and much of the masses were thinking at the turn of the century. Superstitions could and should be dealt with proper scientific analysis.

Coming to the second of the novel, 'The Valley of Fear', on the first gaze, its features appear similar to the first two of the Holmes novellas, however the content and the manner of book is profoundly different from any of the previous Holmes stories. The emotional energy of the book brims with such intensity and fervor as not seen anywhere else in the Holmes stories. Doyle has spun such a mesmerizing tale of tragedy, corruption, cunning, brutality and towards the end intellect, that the reader remains hooked up with reading from the front to the end. Holmes is at one of his very best performances during the solving towards the end of the first part. The second part takes up many years back into the states and narrates the story of the story, though the style is remarkably different from Doyle's earlier flashback.

So that's about all of it. All in all, the best of the best detective in the world. These are the books that made me love, so passionately, the character that is Holmes and the author Doyle. Hope they have the same effect on you as well. Highly recommended.

So, here I am, with 35 minutes to spare! I have met my 100 book challenge! I am sad to say that this book was not a good one in my opinion... The 1st part was moving along when the 2nd part happened upon me, and it was a flashback... It was full of what I considered to be unnecessary details. It was not at all like the other Doyle books that I have read!

OH, I forgot to say that my above review was about The Valley of Fear... NOT The Hound... The Hound was AMAZING!!

I read the book and I watch the movies, and I liked both. Such funny and interesting stories. Full of entertainment.

3.75

Di sepanjang volume ini, Ishikawa sensei cukup jeli menangkap momen2 yg pas utk diimajikan lewat panel2 yg menarik pada kasus Lembah Ketakutan. Tentu saja, kasus ini yg paling sy ingat adalah menyeruaknya nama Moriarty utk pertama kalinya.

The Hound of the Baskervilles I opened first when I was a school kid, and it was in translation and, probably, an adaptation. Hence my memory of it was very poor and I read the original now as a tale new to me. A few things I guessed before the author (and Mr Holmes) related them but that did not spoil the pleasure. A great story indeed.
Of The Valley of Fear I never heard before. I like how it is told, in two parts: first what had happened, and then how and where all this originated and developed. There's adventure, tension, striking portraits and events presented at a thrilling and convincing pace, never a moralizing voice, and all that, after closing the book, makes you keep thinking of the man's destiny...

i want to give this 3.5

Het zijn 2 boeken in 1 dus ik rate ze apart.

The hound of the baskervilles: ☆☆☆☆☆
Fantastisch boek, het is het bekendste Sherlock verhaal voor een reden. De spooky sfeer werkt heel goed. Ik raad iedereen dit boek erg aan.

The valley of fear: ☆☆☆☆
Goed verhaal maar ik ben zelf geen fan van de opbouw. Dezelfde opbouw gebruikt de schrijver ook bij zijn eerdere novels. De helft van het boek gaat niet over Sherlock maar over de backstory van de moord. In het nawoord wordt verteld waarom de schrijver dat deed en het is zeker een goed punt. maar ik vind het niet heel lekker lezen als het halverwege het boek ineens naar een ander land gaat met andere karakters.

Amé El sabueso de los Baskerville y la primera mitad de El valle del terror, la segunda parte no tanto.