And just to be thorough Mormons don’t practice polygamy today and haven’t since 1890. It’s an interesting article that talks about the trials the people who lived it faced, how long it was practiced and more. I won’t go into tons of detail in this review, but if you’re interested the official Mormon (also known as Latter-Day Saints or LDS) website has more information on plural marriage and Mormonism. Many early Mormons were monogamous and were in fine standing with the church. Say what? That most definitely didn’t happen). While Mormons did practice it, it was portrayed in the book that if you didn’t get married to more than one person you were kicked out (and then hunted down by a secret band of murderers. The murderer’s motive was based on their hatred of the practice of plural marriage (or polygamy). Still – forcing people to do things is against our religion and always has been. Doyle’s defense, he believed these things to be true at the time. Brigham Young (or any Mormon) would NEVER force anyone to be Mormon. There is a point in the story where Mormon pioneers find a starving, wandering man and his daughter and say they can join them only if they become Mormon. Mormons believe the point in life is to make choices. And when I say cult I mean a group forcing people to do things by threats or brain-washing. The thing I struggled with the most was the portrayal of Mormonism as a cult. I mean if you’re going to insult my state at least get it right. And regular desert dirt that almost nothing can grow in thank you very much. While it is true that the west side of the Great Salt Lake is all those things, the pioneers settled on the EAST side of the lake which was your more run-of-the-mill desert with snakes and cacti and stuff. But he kept describing the whole state of Utah like it was entirely covered in the Salt Flats where everything was covered in “alkali dust” and used words like “barren”, “misery”, “despair,” and my personal favorite “gloomy.” The whole thing just made me laugh. Repulsive! Arid! My home this is! Yoda and I are highly offended. – Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet p.
In the central portion of the great North American Continent there lies an arid and repulsive desert… But let’s start with this hilarious quote first. I have to say as a Mormon, reading Part 2 of this story was a little difficult for me since Mormons are not painted in a good light for this part of the story. Part 2 is only tied in to Part 1 by the very end.
It felt like I was reading two different stories that had nothing to do with each other. It also felt very disjointed to go from a mystery in London to the American West. It was not at all interesting because almost nothing happens for most of Part 2. If we’re going to live through it, at least make it interesting. Doyle doesn’t believe in recapping what happened. We find out the solution to the mystery at the end of Part 1. The second half of the book was the longest, most drawn out and boring flashback I have ever read. I was glued to the story, turning pages, dying to know what happens next. The first half of this book was a fascinating mystery. I loved seeing these two iconic characters meet (Sherlock and Watson) to set the stage for the rest of the Sherlock Holmes series.
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And of course the thing that makes his character so fun to watch on TV in the modern adaptation – his cocky genius. Sherlock is very cheerful, eccentric, sarcastic, loves to be flattered, and is bluntly honest. The thing that really stands out in this book and the thing that has made it last for so long are the characters. I found the book surprisingly easy to read especially considering how old it is. I loved the writing in A Study in Scarlet. Watson tags along with Holmes while narratively detailing his amazing deductive abilities. In A Study in Scarlet Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder at Lauriston Gardens as Dr. Watson, who has just returned from a war in Afghanistan, meets Sherlock Holmes for the first time and they become flat-mates at the famous 221B Baker Street. A Study in Scarlet is the first published story of one of the most famous literary detectives of all time, Sherlock Holmes.
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