This is a show that has been very cleverly and deliberately written to reach deep into the human psyche, find the vulnerabilities hiding there, and oh-so-gently start to squeeze.įor the record, yes there is also a dominatrix with all the attendant issues that might raise (only a problem in one episode, and it's actually less of a drama than you might expect). That kind of fear is immediate and easily forgotten. This is not a show that relies on jump-scares or a beastie chasing around and trying to eat people. Some episodes in later seasons would be even more problematic. The very first episode is in fact one of the ones I found a bit disturbing, and the scene in question contained no violence at all - but it did contain a horrible creeping realisation of what was going on, and how this killer worked (I won't go into it I don't do spoilers). Parents should be aware that the psychological impact of many episodes of this show goes well beyond blood spatter and gunshot wounds. And actually, some episodes would be fine for a 13 or possibly even 12 year old.īut that's the problem: SOME episodes. As has been mentioned by others, there is very little on-screen violence here. Honestly I couldn't care less about any of that my daughter adores Agatha Christie books (and movies), and indeed The Hunger Games, and I consider those to be fine for her. Yes, it's about people who track down killers, and there's corpses, etc. And I'm going to love showing her a show that celebrates both intelligence and empathy, and continually reminds us that one is not enough without the other.īut I'm going to have to wait, because this show also has the potential to be extremely disturbing and frightening. She's going to love the mysteries, and the excitement, and the utterly delicious humour of it. She is going to love the beautifully realised characters, and the complex interplay between them. She is going to love its clever dialogue, intricate plotting, and slow-burn drama. I firmly believe it is one of the best television shows ever to grace our screens. Sara Nichols I don’t really have anything to say about, but I didn’t have any issues with her.Firstly, just to be clear: this show is AMAZING. I would go back and listen to every single Holmes book, even the ones I didn’t care for much, if he was narrating them.
But Kevin Theis, who I have gotten used to as the voice of Bertie Wooster, was great as Holmes.
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He commonly put full emphasis on both words in the tag, “said Holmes.” with more of an exclamation point than a period after them. I wasn’t impressed by Ben Werling who was a little odd with some of his dialog tags. They both also performed various other male characters, and Sara Nichols voiced any female or child roles. Regarding the audiobook, this version was narrated by Ben Werling, who also voiced Watson, and Kevin Theis, who voiced Sherlock. I am not sure how I would have felt about the stories narrated by Holmes instead of Watson if I weren’t listening to them read by Kevin Theis, but overall, I enjoyed my time listening to this book. I’m surprised we don’t hear of him at least as much as Moriarty he’s in only one less story than Moriarty (who is only in two), but he has more “screen time” and is also clearly quite clever. Most of the mysteries were intriguing (except for the one where the woman literally just tells everything to Holmes there’s nothing for him to solve at all-I did like the very end of that one though), and I particularly liked the villain Baron Gruner. But even outside of liking the narration (more on that later), I was more engaged throughout this book. But then I found an audiobook version that intrigued me, and I really can’t say that it wasn’t the reason it was my favorite. I almost didn’t read it, thinking to skip this and His Last Bow and just reading The Hound of the Baskervilles to finish up my foray into Sherlock Holmes.
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I think this has been my favorite collection of short stories in this series so far.
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