One more. Just one more blog and then I'm done.
Oh, hey guys, sorry I was just thinking to myself; it's the final blog post of the semester so I'm going to have to make this one count. For this post I will be telling you guys about the second book in the Sherlock Holmes Collection which is The Sign of Four. For those who haven't read this book, which I'd expect to be not many of you, here is a link to a summary on GoodReads. The Sign of Four follows a somewhat similar plot line to the first book but has a lot more… suspense.
You open the book and one of the first things you read about is that the greatest detective ever is feeling melancholy and doing cocaine 3 times a day; I mean what heck. What could be causing him to do this? You then turn a couple pages and then you realize that he is depressed that there hasn't been a case for him recently. I mean God bless, get a hobby or something.
It is around that time a pretty lady comes in requesting to see Holmes; you probably could imagine how excited he would feel after hearing the “delighting” news from the woman. From here onward the plot starts to thicken and we are approached with a disappearance, murder and an Indian treasure. After reading the first 70 pages I found this quote said by Holmes that I wanted to share with you guys: “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?" (Doyle, 67) This quote stood out to me because it comes to show how much detail we are missing in our lives. How many decisions do you make a day? 5? 10? We make so many decisions a day but don't stop to think what would happen if we chose the other choice or something similar to that.
The Sign of Four is one of the few novels that can keep me interested. I hope that you all are going to read it sometime in the future.
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