sherlock holmes and the shadwell shadows

It’s because of this admiration for Newman’s work that I have an insatiable appetite for any stories even remotely like it. It’s because of him that I even know what “crossover fiction” or “character mash-ups” are. It’s not Kim Newman or Neil Gaiman.but it is undeniably fun.Īnyone who’s ever read my reviews in the past knows that when it comes to crossover fiction I think Kim Newman is the gold standard. The narrator isn't that good either, hit and miss when it comes to capturing the characters mood and personality. The story is rushed, Sherlock and Watson have just met yet they act like they are old friends, this storty would have benefited from not twisting the original stories and throwing them aside, instead a independent story should have been written, taking place in the gaps of the original stories, perhaps related to the happenings in them or after, playing of small details of the otiginal stories - perhaps there was a real demon hound in the baskerville case? perhaps it wans't the KKK but instead the Cthulhu cult? As it stands I think better things could come from a Sherlock/Lovecraft mix. The auothor of this tries to write in Doyls style but fails.

Watson is made to look like a dimwitted brute in this and Sherlock is significantly dumber and slower than in the original stories. I look forward to seeing Lovegrove meet it with future installments.This is nothing but a bad attemt at imitatating the style of the original Sherlock Holmes storys, and mixing them badly with Lovecraftian lore. Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows sets a pretty high bar. I suspect horror fans will get more out of this than your average Sherlockian, but as a fan of both worlds, I thought Lovegrove melded them nicely, and this read went by much faster than expected. Lovegrove does an outstanding job of evoking Doyle’s style and mixing in healthy dollops of the macabre and fantastic that define the Cthulhu Mythos. The first in a three-part series reimagining the classic canon of Holmes with a Lovecraftian edge, Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows rewrites the early days of Holmes and Watson, from their fateful meeting all the way to an early encounter with one of the Great Detective’s most diabolical foes.

But now, the truth is coming to light as Holmes and Watson do battle with unknowable evils lurking in the heart of London, the kind that threatens not just their lives, but their very souls. John Watson: the stories of Sherlock Holmes we know and love were a smokescreen, a subterfuge protecting darker secrets and greater evils. A long-lost inheritance brings to light a curious confession by Dr.

Sherlock holmes and the shadwell shadows