{"id":59,"date":"2021-06-19T00:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T06:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/?p=59"},"modified":"2021-07-31T15:48:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T21:48:23","slug":"the-hound-of-the-baskervilles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Title:<ul><li>The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Author:<ul><li>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Release:<ul><li>January 10, 1902<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Format:<ul><li>Hardcover<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Series<ul><li>Sherlock Holmes #5<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of those quick favorites for me. What I mean when I say that is when I experience a new piece of media; be it video games, books, music, movies, etc.; I tend not to call something a favorite unless I feel it holds the same amount of enjoyment for me in a year, with repeat visits in between. When I read this book for the first time earlier this year, I knew it was here to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hound of the Baskervilles is a book that doesn&#8217;t waste your time with side plots that don&#8217;t go anywhere. There aren&#8217;t any characters who never amount to anything plotwise. It&#8217;s short and to the point, doesn&#8217;t overstay its welcome, and keeps you guessing who the antagonist(s) are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book features far less Sherlock Holmes than I would have expected; what seems like the majority of the book is from the perspective of Dr Watson. This is the only gripe I have with the book. I started to feel a certain kinship with Holmes in the very first chapter when he asked sidekick to deduce information about their host, based on his walking stick. He not only waits for sidekick to make his inferences but even praises him along the way; only to immediately turn around and berate him for being wrong. The entire thing was a setup to deliver a backhand to the face, something I often relish at the chance to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t recommend this book more, this book has been around since 1902 and I think this will be around for another 120 years. Do yourself a service and pick up a copy.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1784046434&amp;asins=1784046434&amp;linkId=d24cca640b0b067cccaca7cc31fb89e6&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"326\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/31556002.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"60\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/31556002.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles\/attachment\/31556002\/\" class=\"wp-image-60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/31556002.jpg 326w, https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/31556002-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Box cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-4-656x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"167\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-4.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles\/image-4\/\" class=\"wp-image-167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-4-656x1024.png 656w, https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-4-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-4-768x1198.png 768w, https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-4.png 901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Box back.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-3-655x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"166\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles\/image-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-3-655x1024.png 655w, https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-3-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-3-768x1202.png 768w, https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-3.png 868w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Book cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-5-660x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"168\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-5.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles\/image-5\/\" class=\"wp-image-168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-5-660x1024.png 660w, https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-5-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-5-768x1191.png 768w, https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-5.png 877w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Book back.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by the gigantic ghostly hound that is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically dismisses the theory as nonsense. And immersed in another case, he sends Watson to Devon to protect the Baskerville heir and observe the suspects close at hand. With its atmospheric setting on the ancient, wild moorland and its savage apparition, The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the greatest crime novels ever written. Rationalism is pitted against the supernatural, good against evil, as Sherlock Holmes seeks to defeat a foe almost his equal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,117,4,29,140,162,105,55,78,80,157,27,165,90,79],"tags":[10,32,34,31,33,35,9,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baskervillebookreviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}