Sherlock Holmes books are straight up, pure fun to read. They are never vague or hard to follow (except, maybe, for the case itself), and they are good at staying away from some of the more preposterous explanations that mystery novels often resort to. I love how Holmes often knows what's going on the entire time, but will not reveal it to either the reader OR other characters in the book--if you figure out what's going on before he reveals the plot, you feel like you are in on the secret with the great detective, and the author never has to make him clueless to preserve the mystery.
All in all a great read, won't leave you enlightened or thinking about the world differently, just good fun.
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