![]() ![]() The ex-military transport expy of Dr Watson has the right mix of brittle anger, tiredness and idealism they view the former scholar Sherlock expy with the right mix of fascination and disdain. ![]() ![]() The strength and pacing of the character reveals makes up for that.Īnd the core of Sherlock Holmes - at least for me after watching too much of the BBC's Sherlock - is wonderfully executed. De Bodard's plotting has been the weak point that's stopped me liking her books before and it's not a strong point here either. Another would be that in the closing stages, the mystery feels a little rushed and easy. As such, I didn't get nearly the dosage I needed, and can only hope she revisits the idea frequently. Sadly, The Tea Master and the Detective is only a novella. Sherlock Holmes reimagined as the adventures of a scholar and spaceship mind in a future Sino-Vietnamese Empire? Why aren't all novel elevator pitches like this? Angels and alchemists duking it out over a post-war Paris? Intriguing. I have long wanted to like Aliette de Bodard's books, largely because every time I read about one of them it sounds like one of the greatest ideas ever. ![]()
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