When it was originally arranged, there were at least two more chapters (1895 & The Spider's Web, which revolved around the villains of the Holmes canon) which would have allowed for more varied content and these seem to have vanished all together which is a huge shame. I don't know if this was because the publishers felt BBC content would be easier to sell or what but it's a bit of a disappointment, knowing that there were plenty of submissions to cover the other adaptations. movies, the Russian series, Granada.and these all felt very poorly represented. I love the BBC show, don't get me wrong, but I also love the Canon, the Warner Bros.
My other gripe is that the book leans very heavily to BBC's Sherlock. It comes across as a bit amateurish, if I'm honest. And some of the formatting was messed up too, with some works being justified, others not, sentences cutting off to another paragraph halfway through. I wouldn't want my work being published with obvious errors in it, I'd want to be told so I could correct it. I know there was a deadline in submissions so some people maybe rushed their work and didn't check it but I think the person accepting the submissions or the editor should have pointed this out to the author so corrections could have been made. There are, however, a lot of errors throughout the book that take away from the quality, I feel. There are some great pieces of fiction in this book, some of the highlights for me being: Acquiring a Consulting Detective, Pirates & Spies, A Quiet Birthday, Zero at the Bone, Sherlock Holmes and the Wrongly Named, A Study in Fiction, Linear Regression, I Dream of It Every Night, Amicae Antiquae & Sestina for a Last Lesson to name but.well, quite a few it seems! But at least you can truly appreciate their work in Kindle format. Some of the darker pieces have not translated well into print and they look like very poor scans which is highly unfortunate for the artist. This way, you get all the pictures in colour and at a decent resolution to be properly admired.
I can't draw for cookies (and I'd do anything for cookies!) so all of the art is impressive to me but if you are buying this book more for the art than the fiction then I strongly suggest the Kindle version over the hardcopy. Within these (save poetry which is simply.poetry) we have written pieces followed by a 'gallery' of art. It then goes into the main creative content that is split into five chapters: The Diogenes Club (which also includes anything to do with Scotland Yard), We Believe in Sherlock Holmes, The Game is Afoot, Beneath the Hat & Poetry. The overall look of the book is nice and striking and it leads in with a great, insightful intro from one of the Baker Street Babes (a group of ladies who do a podcast and much more for the Holmes community). And I don't want this review to seem like I am dumping on the book, I am not even remotely doing that because it is for a good cause and something I care strongly about. There may be several personal reasons for this that won't effect other people's opinions (that I saw it's progress from early on, that I am more a Victorian Holmes fan than BBC etc.) so please bear that in mind when reading this. And I don't want this review to seem like I am dumping on the book, I am not even remotely doing that because it is for a good cause and something This book has been around a year in the making and it's finally here! Unfortunately, I found it to be a little lacklustre.
This book has been around a year in the making and it's finally here! Unfortunately, I found it to be a little lacklustre.
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