The Norwood Builder
Mar. 23rd, 2018 11:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarahthecoatFor @astudyincanon book club this week, I listened to the Magpie audiobook of the Norwood Builder. This (like SOLI), is a favorite of mine, both for the personal moments between Holmes & Watson (and Lestrade, in this case), and for the case itself. The various elements of the case all fit together neatly, and none of them feel like contrived coincidences, everything has a reason for being or happening.
Then there are the personal bits, the buying out of the Kensington practice so Watson can return to Baker St. Holmes going off to Blackpool on his own, assuring Watson there is no danger (contrast with SOLI, when he went alone and got in the fight with Woodley). The competition with Lestrade, which both are enjoying so smugly. “let’s go for a walk in the garden” again.
Then there’s a line about “working seemingly random things into a coherent whole”, which seems to be probably about case work in general, but now that I’m reading with this group, feels a bit like a hint to pay attention to the subtext and these little personal moments, as they occur in all the stories.
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Mar 23rd, 2018
Then there are the personal bits, the buying out of the Kensington practice so Watson can return to Baker St. Holmes going off to Blackpool on his own, assuring Watson there is no danger (contrast with SOLI, when he went alone and got in the fight with Woodley). The competition with Lestrade, which both are enjoying so smugly. “let’s go for a walk in the garden” again.
Then there’s a line about “working seemingly random things into a coherent whole”, which seems to be probably about case work in general, but now that I’m reading with this group, feels a bit like a hint to pay attention to the subtext and these little personal moments, as they occur in all the stories.
acd norw norw acd astudyincanon
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Mar 23rd, 2018
