Setting aside the out-of-characterness of this Sherlock, it is still a well written story that while not a favorite, is decent enough.
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Lane takes the path of the adult Sherlock as being quirky, and this book series is how he acquired those quirks. While this can be explained away as the enthusiasm of youth, the way the elder Holmes is written in the canon makes the reader feel that Holmes had always been that way (as a side note: there is some debate whether the way Conan Doyle wrote Holmes could be described as Holmes having Asperger’s). One thing to note that reviewers also mentioned is the difference in the Holmes character’s zeal compared with the emotionless, apathetic character described in the Conan Doyle canon. Falling firmly in the emotion category, the reader is taken on a fast-paced adventure that follows the mystery of a cloud attacking people. Yet again, one finds an example of an emotional book where you feel the twists and turns and urgency instead of being able to visualize the world and the action like a film in the mind. There are plenty of twists and turns in this novel although it lacks the scene building found in other books on this list. It is in this book that Sherlock first is schooled in the art of deduction. While it does not have the awards or nearly the number of reviews as Eye of the Crow, Death Cloud is still a decent version of a young Sherlock story for the teen/young adult audience. It is a very plausible, well-written story that carries enough of Conan Doyle’s themes and props that it does feel like it could be the actual backstory. Kennedy (2007) writing for ResourceLinks praises the story for being a plausible backstory to the Arthur Conan Doyle canon, and that really sums up the book. ResourceLinks, Midwest Book Review (CBW), Children’s Literature, AJLib, BookList, Bulletin, CCBN, and CM Magazine all gave the book extremely positive reviews, praising the book as a gateway to the Sherlock Holmes character. Again, just to name a few as the book was a finalist or winner for several awards. It won the Arthur Ellis Award in 2008 for Best Juvenile Mystery, the IODE Violet Downey Book Award in 2008, was a Finalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People in 2008and won Gold for Pre-Teen Fiction for the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award in 2008. It was listed on Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction for Youth, 2008, School Library Journal Book Review Stars, 2007, and Booklist Book Review Stars, 2007, to name a few of the Best Books lists it was included on. It is on numerous state reading lists including the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, 2009.
While it contains themes of anti-Semitism and anti-Arabism, as was often incredibly prevalent in Victorian England, Peacock handles it respectfully and descriptively, showing the reader just how broken that era of history was.
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At one point, Sherlock is climbing down a chimney and it is described as “tight and claustrophobic, so much so that he thinks he’ll soon be squeezed to death or become stuck and then roasted in the morning.” When Sherlock reads about the initial suspect (referred to as the Arab) will go to trial and surely sentenced to be executed, Peacock takes great pains to make the reader feel the anxiety the young Holmes is feeling. However, unlike other books in these lists, this book has plenty of crossovers because the reader can feel the emotion and how high the stakes are. It most certainly falls under the descriptive, intellectual category of this bibliography. There is a fabulous attention to detail in this book. He wears his spectacles his old black frock coat is as clean as Rose can make it, his black beard neatly trimmed.
He is sitting at their little table, staring blankly while he takes his breakfast, a bowl of porridge and a warm cup of tea in front of him. For example, Peacock (2009), describes the scene of Sherlock’s father at the breakfast table one morning as: A map is even included to help the reader identify important locations. Peacock takes great pains to describe the setting of the book and incorporates plenty of Conan Doyle’s little details into the story. While investigating the case of a woman who was murdered, Holmes first attempts to clear the suspect, before becoming a suspect himself.
The son of an aristocratic mother and a poor, Jewish man (something that the author makes a point to note), this iteration of Sherlock Holmes is a misfit and heavily prejudiced against. Toronto, Ont.: Tundra Books.Ī very well-received, critically, award-winning novel, Eye of the Crow explores the adventures of a young Sherlock Holmes in London in the 1860s.
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