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Title: The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or On the Segregation of the Queen/A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Mary Russell Novels)
ISBN: 0312427360
Author:
Laurie R. King
Publicate Date: 2007-10-02
Publish: 2007-10-02
List Price: $14.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Interesting entry into the Holmes legend
This book is about a genius teenage girl, recently orphaned, who meets Sherlock Holmes as he's studying bees. Well, she actually almost walks over him. So begins a rather clever story. Mary and Holmes think alike, which means that the amazing Sherlock Holmes finally has a friend with whom he can share his adventures and care about, as opposed to look down upon.
The story is narrated by Mary Russell and concerns her first adventures with the great detective, including finding a kidnapped child and eluding a brilliant bomber. It is told over the course of a few years as Mary attends Oxford and is taught by Holmes himself in the art of detecting.
I really liked this story and plan to start reading the second in the series, "A Monstrous Regiment of Women," as soon as I finish this review. Mary does share some personality traits with Holmes, which is interesting to see in a young woman during the WWI years. There is also the interesting idea that Holmes truly cares about Mary. I like that there is an interview with the author at the end.
I'm not sure how strict Arthur Conan Doyle fans will feel about this series, but for the casual reader, this is plenty fun.
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2: Great fun for Sherlock Holmes fans and independent women
What a find these Mary Russell books are! Deliciously written period pieces with humor, a great heroine, intelligent smart mysteries, thoughtful social commentary, and a delight for an old Sherlock Holmes fan like myself. I highly recommend them!
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3: A delightful read
This book successfully captures the feel of the original Holmes mysteries, from a new point of view. I look forward to the other books in this series.
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4: My favorite book!!!
I have to admit, the beginning is slightly slow, but once the first case takes place, the plot becomes action-packed. It is written in first person by Miss Mary Russell herself.
Mary Russell has recently arrived in Britain from England after a car accident kills her family. She lives with a horrible aunt, but is "rescued" from her by stepping onto (literally) retired Sherlock Holmes. The two form a strange relationship from that meeting.
I have read this book over and over again, along with the other books in the Mary Russell series. I highly recommend this book!
1. The Beekeeper's Apprentice
2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women
3. A Letter of Mary
4. The Moor
5. O Jerusalem (plot takes place during "The Beekeeper's Apprentice," but best read before Justice Hall)
6. Justice Hall
7. The Game
8. Locked Rooms
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5: Delightful
This is a fine introduction to what I hope will be a great series. Holmes & Co. have been wrapped up in bright, new, shiny paper and given us as a present.
It seems that some are put off by the gutsy heresy of it all, but it is a lively outing and answers the question: 'Do fictional characters have secret lives?' Apparently they do. But it's not just Holmes you see with different eyes, there's Mycroft!, the Doc, there's London, the peelers, and there's Mary Russell herself, along with characters aplenty to intrigue and amuse.
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