There's a comfort food quality to them that I'm just digging. As in, I'm flying through the series and there's no hesitation as to whether or not I'm going to grab the next one. I have of course seen the promos for the Netflix film Enola Holmes, though I haven’t actually seen it yet. I knew it was based on a series of YA books, but I’d never read them either. So when I saw that there was a graphic novel adaptation on NetGalley, I thought it would a fun introduction. Besides, I like the art. Enola se concentre sur les disparitions et celle-ci est encore moins simple que dans le premier tome. Je suis juste un peu déçue car il m’a manqué un peu de profondeur sur le comment et le pourquoi de cet enlèvement. J’ai trouvé la fin un peu rapide. Peut-être que nous approfondirons dans le prochain tome ? I’ve not read any of the original books or seen the Netflix show, but I’ve heard about them and was excited to read this graphic novel.

These sentiments also bring to mind the thoughts I also had with the first book, that with hindsight we are able to see our past in a more comprehensive way. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was writing, he was writing about the world he inhibited and how he saw it. While the London of those stories was dark and gloomy, it didn’t quite bring to mind the image that paras like below do: El libro tiene un apartado al final con todas las pistas y detalles que nos planteó este libro. Y te enseña a crear un código para enviar mensajes y cómo hacer para decifrarlos. Elocuente, me gustó. A delightful collection of three short stories featuring the iconic Enola Holmes! The mysteries themselves were just okay and not particularly mind-blowing, though I did like the last one more. The occasionally abrupt story flow is saved by the spunky, show-stealing heroine. I loved her many disguises and costumes. There were also some fun ciphers and I enjoyed learning about language of flowers. The artwork was magical and vibrant, which made the Victorian London setting feel so real.Enola, posing as a detective's assistant, investigates the disappearance of Lady Cecily, an aristocrat with secrets of her own. Did she elope? Run away? Was she kidnapped?

Again, as in almost every detective fiction, clues conveniently present themselves whenever Enola is around. There are too many coincidences to be believable. Enola becomes interested in the disappearance of an aristocratic young lady called Lady Cecily. She visits the missing girl’s house and discovers her secret drawings featuring the poor people of London. She also interviews her friend Alexander Finch and learns that both Alexander and Cecily were sympathetic to the cause of the proletariat workmen of this world. Slowly the threads of this mystery are unravelling around Enola, but this also means she is getting dangerously close to a maniac. Enola shows herself to be an intelligent, rational, resourceful, and brave protagonist. Readers will look forward to hearing this heroine’s unique voice again.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.11 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA18841 Openlibrary_edition Nancy Springer has passed the fifty-book milestone, having written that many novels for adults, young adults and children, in genres including mythic fantasy, contemporary fiction, magical realism, horror, and mystery -- although she did not realize she wrote mystery until she won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America two years in succession. DARK LIE, recently released from NAL, is her first venture into mass-market psychological suspense.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers. I like Enola Holmes mysteries and this graphic novel was just the thing for me. It is pretty accurately based on the first three books and is in no way been affected by the movie which is different from the original story, although it’s not in any way a bad thing, as it was in fact quite a good movie! 😊 This one was good right up till there was some kind of split personality/mesmerism thing happening at the end. Torniamo ad immergerci nelle sue avventure, stavolta con uno strano caso che riguarda una dama scomparsa. I disegni sono carinissimi, pennellate di colori pastello che incantano la vista e la storia ti prende da subito perchè la bravura di Nancy Springer è lampante. Ha creato un personaggio femminile controcorrente, astuto al pari del fratello maggiore ma cosa ancor più importante è una donna in un'epoca in cui l'uomo ha in mano il potere..

La historia es muy corta y sencilla, Cyber Monday muchos descuentos un libro a un precio muy bajo, la adaptación de Netflix y mi repentino amor a todo lo relacionado con esa época.If you love to listen to the book review over reading, or if you want to go through it while doing other activity, here is our Podcast of this review article. Do listen, and share your thoughts with us. And it is very easy to see how these thoughts would be common when a small percentage of the population wore ridiculously high maintenance clothing while a big percentage served them:

Now, a digression. YA historical novels from the early 2000s appear to be rather full of a realistic darkness – at least that is the pattern I am noticing! There’s more of an emphasis on the lead’s coming-of-age. En cuanto al caso que Enola investiga, pues no está mal, al menos no parece tan improvisado como el del libro anterior y se ve a Enola esforzándose por recabar pruebas. Lo que no me convence es que no me parecía que a ella le interesara en exceso el asunto. A ver, comprendo que solo tiene 14 años y que, aunque haya demostrado ser madura para su edad, pues no sea experta en lo que hace, pero me daba la impresión de que el trabajo era para ella una especie de entretenimiento y que lo usaba para poder ver hasta qué punto se le daba bien camuflarse y obtener testimonios de otras personas. Aquí debe buscar a Lady Cecily, una joven de clase alta que se esfumó de su casa supuestamente para huir con un chico, pero pronto se ve que no es así y hay que ir analizando otras opciones. Hay hallazgos que considero que estaban bien justificados, pero en otros sencillamente veía a Enola hacer deducciones milagrosas. Hasta la propia Enola parecía querer tirar la toalla muchas veces, así que esa desgana hizo que a mí el caso me acabara causando una cierta indiferencia. In a classic who-done-it episode, this one turns out to be one of the better shows from the 5th season. Even with the usual plot the show goes beyond the pale as we get many character that the viewer will find to be a suspect in a murder in a local fitness center. I was very excited to read this book after watching #EnolaHolmes on @netflix. I actually watched the movie 3 times because I enjoyed it so much. Needless to say, I was very excited when I found out there were graphic novels being released.Book Genre: Adventure, Childrens, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Juvenile, Middle Grade, Mystery, Young Adult Esta segunda parte de Enola Holmes no se me ha hecho tan emocionante como la primera, pues el misterio me ha parecido un poco extraño, pero aun así sigue contando con unos personajes, y una protagonista, que resultan cautivadores, y la ambientación es de lo más interesante. The story development is quite abrupt at times. For instance, when Enola first leaves her house, it is only to find her mother. Why then would she abandon that search midway and go looking for another missing boy instead? It seemed silly.