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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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A disappointing end to a promising series

The Cthulhu Casebooks - Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows by James Lovegrove

June 9, 2019 by MarkAbaddon 1 Comment

Endings are always difficult. Wrapping up a series based on someone else’s original work, doubly so (a fact all Game of Thrones fans learned the hard way this year). This book concludes Lovegrove’s trilogy of placing Holmes into a Lovecraftian universe and the results are not that great. The fist difficulty is with the source material. Doyle only returned to Holmes reluctantly, and the stories of Holmes towards the end did not have the same energy or enthusiasm as the earlier works. Yes, Lovegrove incorporates […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cthulhu, historical fiction, horror, HP Lovecraft, James Lovegrove, mystery, Sherlock Holmes

MarkAbaddon's CBR11 Review No:9 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cthulhu, historical fiction, horror, HP Lovecraft, James Lovegrove, mystery, Sherlock Holmes ·
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Sherlock vs. Elder gods, round 2

The Cthulhu Casebooks - Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities by James Lovegrove

June 3, 2019 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

Middle portions of the trilogy are always difficult. There is not the excitement of starting a story nor the anticipation of a conclusion. So how do you make the middle volume interesting?   In the case of this book the author changed things up a bit and focused much more on the Lovecraftian Elements then in the first book in the series. The strategy is largely successful. Lovegrove incorporates elements from a wide variety of Lovecraft’s tales From his stories involving the dream cycle to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, 19th century, horror, HP Lovecraftian, James Lovegrove, mystery, Sherlock Holmes

MarkAbaddon's CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, 19th century, horror, HP Lovecraftian, James Lovegrove, mystery, Sherlock Holmes ·
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Sherlock Holmes Takes on Cthulhu

Sherlock Holmes & the Shadwell Shadows by James Lovegrove

June 2, 2019 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

I love Sherlock Holmes and I love the world of horror that HP Lovecraft created. Seeing the two of them brought together was almost irresistible to me but I have seen Holmes placed in a world where logic doesn’t apply before, most notably the collection called shadows over Baker Street. There are aspects of this book that are very reminiscent of some of the best stories in that particular collection.  Where the author is most effective is in trying to really ground homes in this World where […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: 19th century, cthulhu, horror, HP Lovecraft, James Lovegrove, mystery, Sherlock Holmes

MarkAbaddon's CBR11 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Speculative Fiction · Tags: 19th century, cthulhu, horror, HP Lovecraft, James Lovegrove, mystery, Sherlock Holmes ·
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