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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By Alistair P
Victorian steampunk-ish sci-fi mash ups are a popular genre these days, and mixing up characters from different authors of the era to see what happens sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. This time, Conan Doyle meets HG Wells as Sherlock Holmes is matched up with Doctor Moreau.What's refreshing about this book is that Adams nails the Victorian era and ambience without slavishly copying either Conan Doyle or Wells' styles. Holmes and Watson and Mycroft Holmes are painted in a way that's completely in tune with their original characters, but by putting them up against a new adversary and in unusual situations, the result is a satisfying and enjoyable mystery and adventure, with plenty of twists.It's far-fetched, of course, and Sherlock Holmes purists may have a problem with the great detective being put into situations where science is not quite realistic, but it would be dull to just rehash more of the same, so the mash-up element is welcome. Where The Army of Doctor Moreau does solidly pay tribute to the original is in taking a look at the philosophical and moral questions that HG Wells' original also contained.So, if you were always disappointed that Conan Doyle and Wells never got together over tea to collaborate, this is for you.
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By neilc
Ever since I first read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes when I was 8 I have been a sucker for anything featuring him and Dr. Watson. The problem is that when stories featuring him are bad, they are very very bad and can read like poorly written fanficton. Thankfully, that isn't the case here. In style it comes as close to the original as the best of them - Anthony Horowitz's House of Silk springs to mind - although a change of narrative perspective at one point is a little but risky and doesn't quite come off.The influence of science-fiction/steampunk is also a little jarring but isn't overplayed, and then again the original Conan-Doyle story The Adventure of the Creeping Man did feature a man changing after injecting himself with monkey glands so the story featured here isn't too left-field.It also reminds me a bit of Kim Newman's Anno Dracula series with it's 'spot the hidden literature references' but done in a subtle way.Overall, well worth reading & I'll be reading the rest in the series.
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By gutenbergsson
Within the first several pages, it becomes obvious that Guy Adams in going to have a little irreverent fun with the legend that is Sherlock Holmes. Whether it's John Watson describing himself as "The Crime Doctor" (a wink to the 1988 movie, Without a Clue), his blending of H.G. Wells' tale of Edward Pendrick's visit to The Island of Doctor Moreau, or a nod to his own World House novels in the form of explorer and big game hunter Roger Carruthers, Adams has mashed together works by two literary greats of the 19th century and come out with a winner.When citizens of London start turning up mauled by a variety of creatures that simply do not exist on her majesty's island nation, Mycroft Holmes (he who is the government) turns to his brother Sherlock and offers him a chance to serve Queen and country and solve a seemingly impossible crime. Mycroft knows the story of Edward Pendrick and Dr. Moreau (once in his employ) and fears that Moreau is either not as dead as was formerly believed, or that someone has resurrected his work as a vivisectionist, hoping to create a race of super beasts for their own nefarious purposes. Sherlock finds himself intrigued, and before you know it, the game is afoot!The Army of Dr. Moreau is a rollicking good ride, as Holmes and Watson take to the cities sewers, tracing the path of a local gang leader whose description sounds suspiciously canine. They also meet with a group of Mycroft's extraordinary gentlemen, from Professor George Edward Challenger (recently of Doyle's The Lost World) to Professor Lindenbrook (of Verne's A Journey to the Centre of the Earth) who have been tasked to assist in ways scientific and medical, and of course, Adams own creation, who will later become pivotal to the events of The World House and The World House: Restoration (two must read books if you decide you like Guy Adams).The novel does falter somewhat in the latter third, as Adams strays from the traditional Holmesian mystery to a straight up action novel, yet there is enough of Holmes' and Watson essential nature to carry it to the finish. What starts out as a charming change of viewpoint (Holmes takes the reins as narrator when Watson becomes unavailable) becomes somewhat frenetic late in the novel, as every chapter is told from a different point of view. It does feel a bit rushed, and I wonder if his story could have benefitted from another fifty or so pages. However, it doesn't distract significantly from what is a thoroughly fun, although pulpy, pastiche.
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