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Author: Ryan Jacobson & Deb Mercier
Publisher: Lake 7 Creative
Released: November 4, 2011
He's the world's most famous detective, and thanks to this brilliantly adapted book, he's you! The cases, the clues, the suspects, they're yours to sort through in this exciting Choose Your Path book. You are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. You make the choices. But be careful; the wrong decision could lead to your doom.For all the tour stops please visit: The Teen Book Scene
I remember reading many Choose Your Own Adventure books as a child so I thought it would be fun to review one as an adult. In this book you are Sherlock Holmes and trying to solve the mysteries. I learned that I'm a lousy detective! There are 3 mysteries to solve in this book that have been adapted from the original 12 mysteries in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I didn't solve even one of them correctly on the first or even second try. Although I'm obviously not cut out for detective work I did enjoy reading this book and will be passing it on to my 9 year old son who I am sure will turn out to be a better crime solver than I am. I'm sure he'll end up on the dreaded page 68 much less often than I did!
This book would likely be a hit with reluctant readers especially middle grade boys.
Rating: 4 Stars
Source: From Author for Review
Content: Clean
I don't remember the Choose Your Adventure books, but it sounds like fun, even as an adult.
ReplyDeleteI loved Choose Your Own Adventures! I bet my son would really like this one, too. Thanks for the review.
ReplyDeleteI used to love the Choose Your Own Adventure books. I think I went through every one in the school library.
ReplyDeleteYour description of not solving the crimes on first or second try brought to mind a computer game I liked from years ago, when there were no visuals, only text (don't ask why my mind went there - it likes tangents). I could solve a lot of it, and even seemed to be doing well. But it would always end the same: "You [insert problem here] and you die." ;). Think I'd be the same when trying to solve the crimes :).