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A review by jokeefe28
The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
3.0
I struggled with a 3 or a 4 star review, since it really sits at a 3.5 star review I just couldn't do the "bump" to 4 stars.
It's very easy to see this as Sherlock Holmes fan fic, and the author confirms it starts that way. I want to make it clear it's a lot more than that. It's quite clever in building out a "what if" world that has a lot of the familiar Holmes characters and pieces but still manages to make it their own.
For me, it was extremely engaging and was a pretty fast read. While it looks like a novel, think of it more like a collection of serials, much like the source Sherlock Holmes stories, though it does advance linearly with each story building on the prior one.
It's very easy to see this as Sherlock Holmes fan fic, and the author confirms it starts that way. I want to make it clear it's a lot more than that. It's quite clever in building out a "what if" world that has a lot of the familiar Holmes characters and pieces but still manages to make it their own.
For me, it was extremely engaging and was a pretty fast read. While it looks like a novel, think of it more like a collection of serials, much like the source Sherlock Holmes stories, though it does advance linearly with each story building on the prior one.