![]() To avoid spoilers, I won’t say much about the ending minus the fact that it threw me for a curve ball, for sure. That being said, I did like the Lovecraftian influences. ![]() I’m sure there are a bunch that I’ve missed or didn’t recognize. For some, I can see why that would be a negative, but for me, I liked the fact that I knew the base story because sometimes the Lovecraft references were over my head. ![]() I didn’t know that the plot line was going to follow A Study in Scarlet so accurately, so that was a nice surprise. So with a minimum amount of background knowledge, I went into this graphic novel hoping for the best because it’s Neil Gaiman, and Neil Gaiman can do no wrong. Without having read any of the actual books, I know a good deal because of adaptations I’ve seen - Benedict Cumberbatch and the BBC adaptation will always be my favorite! Sherlock Holmes, on the other hand, I know quite a lot about. I’ve always been intrigued by his stories, but I’ve never read any of them. I’m aware that there’s a green, octopus-looking creature called the “cthulhu” that lives in the ocean, and that’s literally the extent of my knowledge. ![]() ![]() I want to start by saying that I know nothing when it comes to Lovecraft. “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.” - Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet I first posted this review as a guest post on A Cup of Cyanide‘s blog, but I wanted a chance to post it here as well! ![]()
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