Title: Can this even be considered a Sherlock Holmes pastiche?
Product review: If you are an ardent Holmes fan like myself, do not read this book! Watson and Holmes are out of character, and one wonders if the author even bothered to read the canon before writing this. I seriously doubt that Doyle would ever have written a story in which the narrator goes into needless detail about his love affairs, as Vanneman's Watson does. And are we really supposed to believe that Holmes would fall in love with the widow Han? Aside from the poor characterizations of Holmes and Watson, the author insists on introducing a legion of intelligent rats, and adding bizarre mystical subplots. I personally feel this book is not worth reading.
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