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The Hound of the Baskervilles Starring Dane Cobain by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and U Star Novels | Review

Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles Starring Dane Cobain

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and U Star Novels

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 168

Rating: 9/10

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Hound of the Baskervilles

Disclaimer: While I aim to be unbiased, I received a copy of this for free to review.

U Star Novels is a company which prints customised novels with your choice of names in it, and this review is more about that novelty than the plot of The Hound of the Baskervilles, as I’ve reviewed that separately.

I think I’ve actually given this a higher rating than the original – it was the same story that you’re used to, but somehow having your choice of names in it makes it even more entertaining. My only disappointment was that Conan Doyle didn’t use the word ‘ejaculated‘ to mean ‘said’, because that would’ve led to some interesting sentences. The names were correct and felt natural at all times, and that’s all you want from a book like this.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Hound of the Baskervilles | Review

Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 213

Rating: 7/10

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of only four full-length Sherlock Holmes novels that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle produced in his lifetime, and while many consider it to be his best and while it’s the most well-known of all of his works, I just can’t rate it as highly as the others.

Sure, it’s incredibly well-written, and it’s still receiving a high rating – it’s just that A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four and The Valley of Fear all have a certain something special about them. Perhaps it’s Conan Doyle’s masterful use of a literary technique in which the first half of the story is dedicated to the mystery, and the second half is dedicated to the events that led up to the mystery in the first place.

Saying that, The Hound of the Baskervilles is still an excellent read and I’m glad that it serves as a gateway for many readers, who go on to read further Sherlock Holmes books and even Conan Doyle’s Professor Challenger series. I don’t want to discourage you from reading this – just read more Conan Doyle afterwards.