When it comes to The Hound of the D’Urbervilles, quite
honestly, I am on the fence. A HUGE, HUGE fan of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock
Holmes series since as early as I can remember, I was ecstatic when I came
across this story of Holmes’s arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty and this revamped
version told from the most popular criminal genius in literature. In the end, I only enjoyed 4 out of the 7
stories, and even then I was left wanting more.
The stories are mirrored like the Sherlock trilogy, told
from the point of view from Moriarty’s partner in crime and 2nd in command,
Colonel Moran. Instead of the inner
workings and quasi intellectual behavior we read in Watson’s chronicles of
Holmes, Moran takes center stage in most of the tale and little is mentioned of
Professor Moriarty and his consulting circle of crime.
Hats off to Kim Newman and her attempt at recreating magic
with a popular character from literature in The Hound of the D'Urbervilles, but in the end, the idea was there,
but the execution was off the mark.
4 JAGS
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