So... might as well begin.
As I've been reading through, I've noticed that there isn't just one "Sherlock Holmes" genius. Longfellow, Holmes, Lowell, Fields, and Rey, too share in the crime solving. But, they are all highly intelligent and accomplished. Longfellow, Holmes and Lowell being literary geniuses and well-respected poets throughout Boston. Fields is a successful and talented publisher while Rey is the first mulatto (the word they used in the book) police officer in Boston, a war hero, with keen intuition and abilitiy too.
It's a collection of intelligent people, all who make their own contributions, similiar in a way to the alieniest/angel of darkness cast. The most respected peer in this group is Longfellow having an elevated status in a way similar to that of Kreizler in the Alienest.
However, these characters, though heros are not without their own faults. Oliver Wendell Holmes wallows in his own self-importance and vanity at times... (which i found ironic since he is the person whom the library at Andover is dedicated to..)
Just some beginning comments... I'll be back later...
Toodles for now.
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