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The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1)

Laurie R. King

Start date: October 1, 2020

Finish date: October 31, 2019

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Sep 09, 2020 lookmairead rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook-life

If Robert Downey Jr. or Benedict Cumberbatch don’t seriously consider this concept in their 60’s, it would be a disservice to feminism. 3.75/5

Narration: 3/5
I realize we’re spoiled because there are so many great adaptations out there. That being said, this PG(13?) concept was amusing (and a comfort in the pandemic) to listen to.

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Jan 11, 2016 Rachel rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was such a good book!
I really had no idea what to expect when it was recommended to me. I had read only one of the original Doyle books, The Hound of the Baskervilles, just this summer coincidentally, and really enjoyed that. When I began this, knowing that it would be a modern author's take on Holmes, I wondered how close it would be to the original. Well, I was not disappointed.

King must be well-versed in the Sherlock Holmes lore as this book keeps to the character that Sir Arthur Conan D ...more

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