Death in the AirShane Peacock
English Language and Literature
Pages 254/254
The fantastic novel, Death in the Air, by Shane Peacock is a great sort of introduction to Sherlock Holmes Life. Even though the book is not an original, it is still electrifying and exciting. The language in the story is not strong, so almost any body can read it. However this disappointed me a bit, as when I decided to read a Sherlock Holmes I was looking forward to a strongly written, old English story. Death in the Air was not that, since it was only written recently, but I expected the author to try to imitate the original style. The only attempt to make the book more old English were the accents, such as the accent of the Brixton Gang, the Swallow and his colleges,etc. Sherlock Holmes uses these accents, and without them he would never get to the truth.
I recommend this book to people who like reading, if you are not really into reading, this book is not for you. This is because relatively long sections of the book are quite boring, meaning that there is no action. All that gets people through is if they can really admire the brains of the author and how he got Sherlock Holmes to all of the answers. I hope that people from the age 9 and on will read this book, because the plot is quite complex. You also have to remember a lot of things such as clues and people to understand the plot. For example, when Sherlock Holmes thinks about the Swallow and how he will get information out of him. He decides to change tactics, and then 60 pages later he comes up to the Swallow and starts yelling at him. Or when Sherlock Holmes gets a guard to let him pass, and only explains much later.
However, the action filled end and the whole cleverness of the whole thing were worth reading.
If you like reading, this interesting historical fiction is a nice short read.
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