Thoughts 
The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, BBC Digital 2012 (orig. 1890) 224 pages, eBook/Kindle
Classics Challenge | A Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
What’s it ABOUT: Missing treasure!
What did I NOT know before reading this? That our boy Sherlock is a drug addict? Huh.
What DID I know before reading this? That Robert Downey, Jr. plays Sherlock in the (very enjoyable) movies. Did the movies not explore the cocaine use or did I just miss that?
Sadly, for some reason, I didn’t envision RDJ when I was reading the Sherlock parts but I did see Jude Law as Watson.
I have never watched the BBC versions with the guys you see on the cover above.
I have recently seen pieces of The Hobbit starring Martin Freeman.
Because it was on HBO the other day.
I have only ever watched the other guy in one of the Star Trek movies.
I think he’s rather creepy looking.
I may never read another Sherlock Holmes book; it was only OK. I don’t think I am much of a mystery-thriller genre reader.
I thought this ended very abruptly.
I did love the chase scene with the dog.
RATING: Three slices of pie.
This concludes my attempt at a review.
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I loved reading the Sherlock Holmes stories so much that I saved the last one for a few weeks, so I still had one more to look forward to for a while. So maybe you won’t react as I do, but I think the BBC Sherlock series with Benedict Cumberbatch is brilliant. I love it. We own the DVDs and watch them over and over.
I am just TOO LATE for the party, methinks. I can totally see why loved and beloved. 😀
I didn’t know that about Sherlock, either, until I started watching the tv show Elementary where Sherlock is a recovering addict.
Well, in this book, he’s unapologetic; not recovering.
I’ve heard wonderful things about the BBC Sherlock show, but who has time for tv these days? I can’t currently remember the name, but I have read a modern Sherlockian book that was wonderful. Cumberbatch is creepy and sexy simultaneously to me.
I suppose I can think of a few people I could put in that classification (Lyle Lovett? Mick Jagger?!) but not BC.
I was reading Sherlock Holmes, but stalled. I read this one… Not sure where I ended up in my reading!
It’s not a long one! I’m sure you can pick it up and finish it in less than an hour?
I can’t remember where I picked up the information that Sherlock Holmes is a drug addict. Maybe it’s mentioned in The Hound of the Baskervilles? If not, I must have picked it up from the ether, because I’ve never read a single Sherlock Holmes anything apart from that book!
I’ve never read Sherlock Holmes either but did watch a 1976 movie (The Seven Percent Solution) where Holmes was a raving coke-head. I was surprised too!
I haven’t given the books much thought and I guess, the movies aren’t all that appealing either since I have yet to see one. I love RDJ in most things but I have a hard time seeing him as Holmes.
I was skeptical, too, but he’s great! I think the films are quite fun.
I love this book, it’s my favorite of the Sherlock novels. If you weren’t a fan of this one I would skip the others.
I recently read THE HOUSE OF THE BASKERVILLES and came away with kind of the same feeling of “it’s not really my cup of tea, but I can see why the people like them so much.” I think I will give another story or two a shot to see if one works for me better than the others. Maybe this one next, perhaps?
You’ve just reminded me that I was gonna read more Sherlock stories. Last year. I think I read one. *facepalm* I am so easily distracted. Oh, look a shiny book over here and over there and over here and over…
I read a couple Sherlock stories a long, long time ago and don’t recall anything about him being a drug addict. But, it’s been an awfully long time. Kiddo has read absolutely every Sherlock story and some of Doyle’s other works, as well. He’s my 19th-century lit addict.