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A journey to Whitby heralds the start of a new case for SHERLOCK HOLMES and Dr. Henry Vernier. Their client is in love, but a mysterious letter has warned him of the dangers of the romance. The object of his affection is said to be under a thousand-year-old druidic curse, doomed to take the form of a gigantic snake. Locals speak of a green glow in the woods at night, and a white apparition amongst the trees. Is there sorcery at work, or is a human hand behind the terrors of Diana's Grove? No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This is a serviceable pastiche that combines elements of The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Lion's Mane. The gothic elements of the story are just about right: appropriately one-dimensional (the mysterious widow, the monster, the virgin, the knight, the madman in the tower) without disintegrating into camp. And besides substituting Holmes' kinsman Dr. Vernier for Dr. Watson (an inside Sherlockian reference to a hint in one of the original stories of a relationship between the Holmes family and the famous painter Vernier), Siciliano is careful not to take liberties with the canon. Never fear: Holmes isn't going to turn out to be a vampire, or secretly married, or in collusion with Cluthlu.
My main qualm is that Siciliano's Holmes fails to rise to his usual level of genius. In attempting to carve out a role for Vernier and his liberated wife Michelle, the author assigns some of the key deductions in the case to these minor characters. On the one hand, I appreciate what Siciliano is trying to accomplish, by providing Holmes with sidekicks that aren't just boobs, but have actual value-added (an insight into human psychology) to contribute. On the other hand, I had a hard time believing that the "real" Holmes (irony intended) would overlook clues so obvious, most readers are going to be able to figure them out on their own.
In summary, you might characterize this a better-than-usual episode of a familiar TV show: satisfying, entertaining, unobjectionable, but probably nothing you'll remember after a few months have passed. ( )