The Beekeeper's Apprentice
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
I accidentally bought two copies of this, so I will set this one free.
Release planned for Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at Meet Up at Cafe Mozart, 600 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois USA.
I plan to release this at Tuesday's meetup (7 p.m.).
I plan to release this at Tuesday's meetup (7 p.m.).
Picked up at Meetup. Looks interesting. Thanks, Rampallion. We'll compare notes when we both get around to reading it!
This is an utterly charming mystery with a clever premise: Sherlock Holmes was a real person, and Arthur Conan Doyle misrepresented him as a fictional character. What's more, this book is presented as the first-person narrative of a bright, audacious 15-year-old girl who becomes a sort of apprentice to Holmes. Delightful!
Journal Entry 5 by mssaver at Le Peep Restaurant, Church St And Benson in Evanston, Illinois USA on Monday, May 16, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (5/15/2005 UTC) at Le Peep Restaurant, Church St And Benson in Evanston, Illinois USA
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Left on bench in waiting area
Left on bench in waiting area
Just pushing in to add my review (finally):
Sherlock Holmes meets a teenaged girl, argues with her, and ends up making her an apprentice. The book is not as silly as I'm making it sound in this summary, but it's also not as good as the Amazon reviews claim. The central mystery is not impressive. The novel is entertaining, but overall I preferred Michael Dibdin's The Last Sherlock Holmes Mystery.
I'm amused that a minor character in Beekeeper's is named Jessica Simpson.
I enjoy Laurie R. King's writing style--which is a relief, as I have somehow managed to buy three copies of this novel and at least four copies of other novels she has written. I really should get organized one of these days.
While reading reviews of this book on goodreads.com, I stumbled across a term that was new to me. A "Mary Sue" is a character who is far more attractive and more capable than the others and thereby makes the work of fiction seem unbalanced and hard to believe. She (or he) is a kind of wish fulfillment for the author.
Sherlock Holmes meets a teenaged girl, argues with her, and ends up making her an apprentice. The book is not as silly as I'm making it sound in this summary, but it's also not as good as the Amazon reviews claim. The central mystery is not impressive. The novel is entertaining, but overall I preferred Michael Dibdin's The Last Sherlock Holmes Mystery.
I'm amused that a minor character in Beekeeper's is named Jessica Simpson.
I enjoy Laurie R. King's writing style--which is a relief, as I have somehow managed to buy three copies of this novel and at least four copies of other novels she has written. I really should get organized one of these days.
While reading reviews of this book on goodreads.com, I stumbled across a term that was new to me. A "Mary Sue" is a character who is far more attractive and more capable than the others and thereby makes the work of fiction seem unbalanced and hard to believe. She (or he) is a kind of wish fulfillment for the author.
