Ok stories, impractical format

More akin to a full dramatisation than a 'narrated' audio book, these are pretty decent tales. Certainly much better than the original pastiches Bert Coules churned out at the end of the BBC collections.

Obviously not as good as classic ACD, but there is definitely strong parallels with e.g The Crooked Man and maybe A Study In Scarlet or the Resident Patient. Anyway, the writers have done a petty good job.

Audio quality is fine, production is decent.

I would say however that these don't really work in the Audible format. There are four stories on here, about 80 chapters - but none of the chapters are named, so you can't eg fall asleep when the story ends because you don't know which chapter is which.

Also there is interviews with the authors between the stories - this kind of breaks the 4th wall and sounds like an ego massage exercise for the writers. No offence chaps but do we need an interview with you? It takes away from the pleasure of getting lost in the stories.

If each story was in its own chapter, that would be much more practical. As it stands this is the first and last Big Finish production I'll get through Audible - it's just a weak platform.

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Good listen.

Great listen. Good Sherlock Holmes stories worth taking on board and Good value for money

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A fine vintage.

Very enjoyable performances and well written, it's a delicate balance to keep the feel of past times without the more overt and dated attitudes spoiling the story, yet Jonathan Barnes manages it with the dexterity of a tightrope performer.

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Fantastic!!!!

Where does Sherlock Holmes - The Ordeals of Sherlock Holmes rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is by far my favourite.

What did you like best about this story?

This has very clever writing and the performances are outstanding.

What does Nicholas Briggs and Richard Earl bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

The actors portrayal brings the story to life - it is like having Holmes and Watson on the room with you!

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Holmes and Watson: An exciting new era

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The biggest load of …… polite words fail me.

I don’t know whether this is supposed to be a joke or even a two fingered salute to the publisher, (to show you can get away with it), or the listener (to show utter disdain for them).
The characters created by Conan Doyle have been treated to all sorts of adventures by many authors since the original stories were published, but none as dire as this. Between the dead rising, mystic properties of a blue plant cultivated in Afghanistan, (now what might that allude to …..?!), the gift of eternal youth, the creation of a new country to conquer Europe and beyond - I began to wonder if the authors had accidentally ingested to much of their own blue flower ……..
Long musical passages to end a chapter; poor editing by the publisher - no index and 83 varying length chapters - and a total nonsensical self promotional interview with the author between chapters and the artistes at the end. They really must have loathed their listeners. I’ll certainly look for more output from this stable: to ensure I avoid it.

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Not for me

I could not take to this format and found the stories just wrong for Sherlock and Watson. Also dont know why each actor had to introduce themselves either.

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Poor.. quality..

unsatisfactory acting and unconvincing... Did not enjoy this presentation... Felt the acting was somewhat excessive and over excadurated..

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