Sherlock Holmes and a Scandal in Bohemia: Case 1 (On the Case with Holmes and Watson) Paperback – August 1, 2010

This is a great book about a mystery. This going to be 5 stars for this book and read it.

Great book to read, my daughter loved it and it is very well written. I give five stars because it is excellent.

The king of Bohemia hires the famous detective Sherlock Holmes to locate a photograph of himself with the actress Irene Adler. He fears she will use it to ruin his upcoming marriage. Holmes and his trusted companion Dr. John H. Watson set up a sting. As they stage a dramatic fight and Miss Adler falls for the bait, Holmes finds the photo but also finds a rare instance in which he gets truly outmaneuvered.This mystery book is set up as a graphic novel.Boys and girls would like the action and suspense throughout the book. Clues at the back of the book help reveal Holmes's process of reasoning and how he solved the crime. There is a section in the back that gives websites and other information for further reading. The last page of the book tells a little about the author and illustrator.I read this with my younger children and they liked that the book was set up as a graphic novel not that the story line didn't keep them interested they loved the book and the story. Who doesn't like Sherlock Holmes? This book is a new and exiting way to get kids to read and the author and illustrator have done a wonderful job.

It was easy to read and only took me 10 minutes to read.It was sort of boring though.I wish that there was more detail and quality

First and for the record, the revitalization of Sherlock Holmes is a good thing. Keeping the Memory Green keeps it relevant. While I may not have loved the Guy Ritchie-Robert Downey, Jr. experiment--the first was especially painful; the second forsakes *some* of the constant pugilism and bad CGI, and is the better for it--the recent big budget Holmes productions no doubt created new fans. Someday, some of those fans may discover the canon in its raw unadulterated form. It won't be here, however.First in the "On the case with Holmes and Watson" series of graphic novels from Lerner Publishing, under their Graphic Universe imprint, Sherlock Holmes and a Scandal in Bohemia attempts to turn what is perhaps the most well-known Sherlockian story (and also perhaps unfortunately, an atypical one) into a hip version for middle-grade readers.What's wrong with the original stories? They are not written in some extinct language, after all. They remain accessible even for young readers who have a lifetime to read and re-read the sixty stories. Nor can an argument be made that these are sanitized for youngsters, or indeed that they need to be. If anything, these graphic novels are, well, more graphic. This one in particular shows many frames of Holmes smoking. In any case, Conan Doyle writes so descriptively that silly cartoon faces are unnecessary. Locking in a characterization may preclude a reader from fully appreciating the richness of the writing and that of the reader's imagination. Furthermore, this abridged version excises important details throughout the story. I just re-read the original and this graphic novelization is but a shallow shadow. Critical plot elements and wonderful dialogue are lost. If this keeps the memory green, it is a putrid shade indeed.

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Excellent little book which explains the story without being the heavy original text. In good condition as well.