Review of 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2014] Doyle, Arthur Conan' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Millionaire Charles Baskerville believed his family to be haunted by one of his ancestors in the form of a gigantic hound. When Charles Baskerville dies of fright, his good friend Dr. Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes to help him protect the new heir of Baskerville, Henry Baskerville, from the supernatural hound.
I enjoyed this story but the fact that it lacks Sherlock in the same proportion that it has a lot of Watson makes it boring at times. This is one of the reasons why I think Sherlock Holmes' short stories work better, there is more action and less descriptions. Big pauses in the action pave the way for the reader to think too much and discover the culprit while Watson is still telling us about the moor. It is a very interesting narrative, although the attempts at creating suspense were not as engaging as I had hoped. An entertaining read.
