Review: A delightful reprise of Sherlock and Dr. Watson, with an extraordinary scientific cutting-edge venture.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 15, 2012
Guy Adams - Sherlock Holmes and the Army of Dr. Moreau  {Reviewed by Mallory @ Hearts On Fire Reviews}A delightful reprise of Sherlock and Dr. Watson, with an extraordinary scientific cutting-edge venture, "Sherlock Holmes and the Army of Dr. Moreau" is a fine introduction to the works of Guy Adams and a welcome return to the "universe" of the Victorian Great Detective and his M.D./writer sidekick. Told with a wry sense of humour, this novel views the Duo with a little less seriousness-and a lot less stolidity-than did the original creator of Holmes & Watson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Yet the characters remain true to Conan Doyle's vision, including Sherlock's older brother and governmental czar, Mycroft Holmes. The somewhat more lighthearted approach renders the story suffused with excitement, intrigue, and humour, and keeps the reader riveted to the pages as an entirely new episode of the Adventures of the Great Detective appears, and unravels to its conclusion.If I could choose any era of history to live in and/or to read about, I think it would be Victoriana. I first became enamoured of Holmes  Watson in early childhood, and have always welcomed the efforts of contemporary novelists to expand and extend the Holmesian oeuvre. Author Guy Adams excels at this, and this novel has made me a convert of his. I think not only Holmes aficionados (and the perhaps lesser in quantity, but still prevalent) fans of Dr. John Watson, will love this offering; readers who glory in the paranormal and scientific extremes in fiction also will find Dr. Moreau's attitudes, beliefs, practices, and results, if not always justifiable, if seldom moral, at least always intriguing, exciting, and memorable.