My rating: 3 of 5 stars
"Three stars to a Sherlock Holmes?" you ask me, incredulously. "That,too, on a day when you claim to be Sherlocked?"
Believe me, I tried! I wanted to give it more and would have and could have, if it had a more fascinating end! You will agree that a story that begins with five dried orange pips and a death should have had a more exciting, a more dramatic end than plain arrest of the culprit(s) once they reached America? Am I honestly unfair in asking for a more thrilling end? An elaborate story?
It almost felt like Sir Arthur got tired eventually or lost all imagination in the end and just decided to finish it.
I'm sorry, Sherlock! You had me at the edge of my seat (or rather, my bed) for the most agonising 20 minutes of my life only to have me slump down, defeated, in the end. You're Sherlock Holmes, after all!
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