Me reading through Sherlock Holmes library for the first time (with the exception of hound of the Baskerville’s which I’ve read before): Strange. The mystery has been resolved but there’s still a good chunk of the book left
The villain: As you’ve bested me, mister Holmes and these constables shall surely take me to the scaffold, please let me tell you my humble life story in great detail.
by Moon_Beans1
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Sherlock Holmes books are largely more character driven than mystery driven, so I understand why Doyle decided to do this, but in books like A Study in Scarlet particularly, it can definitely bring the pacing to an absolute crawl. I still enjoy it, but there are times when I expect the stories to be wrapping up only to have a rather lengthy exposition dump.