Review: This book really does read like Sherlock Holmes telling Watson about Huckleberry Finn!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2014
This book came as quite a surprise when I was asked to give my honest review in exchange for a copy. The "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Retold by Sherlock Holmes" is not a title I would have ever guessed to read. However, leave it up to the Holy Ghost Writer to author such a book as this. This mixture of story-lines and characters is quite unique but somehow work quite well together. Having read about the adventures of Huck Finn when I was very young, the old memories go well with more recent memories of the tales of Sherlock Holmes.This is the third book by the Holy Ghost Writer that I've read. The others being "The Anonymous Girl" and "That girl started her own country" from "The Count of Monte Cristo" series. Clearly this author is quite talented. Like with the other titles, the author was able to intertwine all of the characters perfectly, but yet keep them in true form throughout the story as well. The author delivers on the promise of the title; this book really does read like Sherlock Holmes telling Watson about Huckleberry Finn!Another reviewer refers to this as "revisionist fiction," I couldn't agree more, and the Holy Ghost Writer seems to be quite the master at it. As always the stories are well thought out, with plenty of twists to keep the reader guessing. Everything I've read from the Holy Ghost Writer has been very well worth my time, and this book is no different. Although Huck Finn was not one of my favorite stories growing up, Sherlock Holmes and Watson have always been a couple of my favorite characters. The author does a great job of combining the story-lines.