One of the more original Holmes stories and arguably the best of them

Էդիթ Պրինտի «Շերլոք Հոլսմ»-ի 5-րդ ժողովածուն էր, որտեղ ներառված էին Արթուր Քոնան Դոյլի երկու ստեղծագործություններ՝ «Բարսքերվիլների շունը» և «Սարսափի հովիտը»։ Առաջինի մասին արդեն կարծիքս գրել եմ այստեղ։

Ժողովածուի երկրորդ՝ «Սարսափի հովիտը» ստեղծագործությունը հենց նոր ավարտեցի։ Անկեղծ ասած վայրկյաններն էի հաշվում, թե երբ եմ վերջին էջը թերթելու։ Շատ տաղտուկ էր, ահռելի քանակի չորրորական կերպարներ կային, որոնք այնքան շատ էին խանգարում սյուժեին։ Մի խոսքով, Քոնան Դոյլից առաջին մեծ հիասթափությունս էր։

The Hound Of The Baskervilles was a solid 5 star read and truly made me fall in love with Doyle's writing and Sherlock Holmes!

The Valley Of Fear wasn't that good however, I think it's part of a bigger story and this was just an introduction to Moriarty (who we don't see at all) and his intellectual war against Holmes.

I loved the mysteries and enjoyed them so much at the beginning but at an early point I anticipated who would be the murderer or the crack of the case so I got a little bored reading them till the end.

Brilliant! Wonderful!

This edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles also contains the seventh Sherlock Holmes book, The Valley of Fear but I only read The Hound of the Baskervilles. This is another book that I read with my British Lit class except we are not done with it and I went ahead and finished it so I could crank out another review lol.

I was a little lost with which characters were speaking at some points and thought this was very wordy. Not bad but just not as easy to read. This is a part of the Sherlock Holmes series yet in this book he kind of takes a step back and Dr. Watson seems to be the bigger protagonist, I now understand why though because there is some explanation in the book. Watson is also the narrator and not Holmes which confused me and I have not read any other Sherlock Holmes so I’m not sure if that is how every book is or not.

The first four chapters were slow and I really did not enjoy them at all to be honest. The plot started to pick up in the fifth chapter and once the setting became Baskerville Hall, I actually started to love this book. I liked the gothic old mansion and creepy moor setting. I greatly enjoyed the mystery of the novel because it was exciting and creepy without being gory and disturbing.

I would definitely be interested in reading some more Sherlock Holmes books in the future!!

“Exactly. My body has remained in the armchair and has, I regret to observe, consumed in my absence two large pots of coffee…”

Sherlock Holmes no deja de sorprenderme.

Con "El sabueso de los Baskervilles" me ví inmersa en una trama de la que no podía escapar, a través de las palabras de Watson me enamoré del misterio que embriagaba ese viejo pueblo, además de que hubo giros inesperados (y hasta un tanto cómicos) que hicieron que fuera una lectura deliciosa. Cómo siempre, los métodos de deducción del detective por excelencia fueron impresionantes y excéntricos. No podía soltar el libro hasta saber el desenlace.

Por otra parte, con "El valle del terror" me encontré con una historia un poco más dinámica y ágil en la que siempre estaban ocurriendo cosas y aunque la segunda parte se me hizo un poco más lenta que la primera, las últimas páginas hicieron que todo fuera tan increíble como el resto de los trabajos de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

No puedo creer que ya solo estoy a dos colecciones de cuentos de acabar esta historia.

2 great, engrossing novels. A rich & complex world.

This book has both the Hound of the Baskervilles as the Valley of Fear in it, so I'll be reviewing them both.
I must say that I think these are my favourite Sherlock Holmes stories so far.
I first started off with the strange occurings at Baskerville manor. Comparing this novel to the first two, A Study in Scarlet and the Sign of the Four, you can see how much Doyle has grown as a writer. He grasps the attention of the reader much better than he did in the two former novels and he takes you on an exciting and often downright eerie adventure.
I prefer the full-length novels over the short stories. Doyle takes much more time to set up a case, whereas I often find the short stories to be sort of rushed. In the Hound of the Baskervilles, Doyle takes his time to sketch out interesting characters, some sub-plots and exciting plotturns, that kept me guessing who the culprit was until the very end.
Moving on to "the Valley of Fear", I somehow feel as though this book was written as an attempt to have another go at "the Study in Scarlet". The story is set up in much the same way. The first part reads like one of the short stories, albeit being a bit longer. We are faced with, seemingly, an in-solvable mystery, the official forces are out of their depth and call in mr. Holmes. Holmes cracks the case and after Holmes explains his findings to the onlookers, we are taken to America for the second half of the story. Like I said, it feels similar to the first novel. Yet, I feel this one was executed a lot better. There is an overall feeling of suspense during the second half of the book. Knowing the outcome of the first half off the book, you are pointed into a certain direction in making your conclusions by Doyle. Yet, those conclusions feel wrong, and somehow I found myself going "It can't be like this, surely it can't." and mr. Doyle never fails to deliver, another interesting and quite unexpected ending.
The one thing that bugged me about the Valley of Fear, which is preventing me from giving the book 5 stars. A presence *or lack thereof, depends on how you look upon the matter* of professor Moriarty bugged me. He played no significant part in the plot, but he gets thrown into the matter all the same. He's said to be the one who made the entire case "possible", but he only gets mentioned in two chapters. Still, his last "appearance" in the novel, provides us with some nice fore-shading on what will be the events off "the Final Problem".
That and the fact that Doyle doesn't seem to bother to get his facts straight. In the Final Problem, Moriarty is portrayed as the ultimate criminal, everything links back to him, but no one ever gets to him. Hell, nobody knows he's the one behind it. Always in the shadows, never the one to actually strike the final blow and the public eye is very much obliviant to his existence. Yet, in the first chapter dr Watson claims to have heard of the man, going as far as calling him the Napoleon of crime ( which he, undoubtly is, but going by the events of the Final Problem, Watson isn't supposed to knów that ). Those little inconsistencies bugged me.

Definitely prefer The Hound of the Baskervilles to The Valley of Fear, but both were good. I liked these longer stories; it's fun getting an extended, in-depth case.

I love the Hound of the Baskervilles. The Valley of Fear not so much. I like the first part but the back story - meh.

Valley of Fear is my favorite of the Homes collection so far.