So. Plot. Of Course.
Sherlock Holmes would be nothing without his ingenious plot. Why? Because if what he solved were just ordinary random murders/or burglaries - there'd be no fun in it becuase one, it is ordinary (SO it won't grab our attention) and two ordinary and solved a gazillion times already murders don't showcase the intelligence and ability of our genius mastermind.
So, the plot is always essential. So, for the aforementioned reasons, it must be "different", "weird", and well, original. Weird, in particular, because it makes it difficult for ordinary people like the police at Scotland Yard, but easier for someone like Holmes because it holds an indication towards something else/can lead him to the right trail.
But anyways....
back to the plot. The Italian Secretary had quite a longer amount of time to develop the characters and introduce the plot - since it was well, a novel with over 300 pages. The Holmes stories are much less, probalby less than half or even 1/3 of the size sometimes-yet they still achieve the same appeal, ingeniouity and etc.
Ok... to start again.
The plot involves the murder of two people under the employment of the Queen to renovate the castle. It's strange because there is seemingly no logical answer to what the motive is.... and because there is a fear of ghosts. There's some info on the murder of a secretary and ect. that they believe haunt the castle where the two people were killed.
But anyways, part of the "weird" was the fact that every bone in the body was broken, yet no blood had flown out?? Something like that.. Essentially it was strange that every bone was broken. And there was great confusion on how it was humanly possible.
Then they uncover a motive and find someone that tells them a lot of info... Then we're still lost but Holmes gets it. And then he arranges stuff and we're off to find/meet the killer. That done, we have the final showdown (Which i think is actually more of a Celeb Carr thing then Doyle... tell me what you think from what you know about it).... where there's big risk of people dying - and actually some people do die, just not the important ones.... and other's are at teh risk of dying ... etc. etc.
But, of course, admiss the fighting and all they continue alive, and end up winning and the villains captured/thier plot foiled.
Part of the thriller aspect (which I'm not sure if its included in Holme's stories...or at least to the extent of Carr)... is the risk of thier lives all the time and the final climax where everything is solved and everything is on the line.
So... anyways. I think that's part of the plot and excitment...
I'll have to check on HOlmes and being Thrillery though.
Comments would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks.
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Hey, I'm bored so I thought I would spy on other blogs and see what's happening. I sympathize, no reader still?
Anyway, I like the comment on how Sherlock have to complex plots to draw in the reader. This can be apllied today. If you take a look at all the "hit" shows, like Law and Order, CSI, or House, all the situations in every episode are very...improbable. Impossible situations, that will rarely happen in real life. The purpose? To keep the mass media entrailed and keep the ratings up...
Anyway, are you still on your first book? I am...god I'm such a slow reader...and blogger...
Haha... No I've actually read a lot of my books already. I just hate blogging on them!
But, I'm really thankful for the comments. I love watching Law and Order and etc.. but i didn't realize how similar they really are. They draw on similar elements i think... first it's usually a dual workign on it...
And then there are impossible situations, similar to house too i guess. Everyone starts off confused and you figure it out along the way. ---And if it really is used so often in media and etc. (means its successful w/the audience).... but why is the real question.
Why is it so succesful with the audeince. --i think the allure of the Holme's stories and what makes readers now enjoy it is in that part of it...
After reading through my post, i realized I didn't actually touch much upon the plot/it's relavance to Doyle. Well, it was definitly Holmesy in the fact that it was a seemingly impossible and confusing murder/mystery. Two people died, with no apparent motive and with extremely strange circumstances. - the every bone in the body broken. Furthermore, it involves the saftey of the queen so importance/royalty is involved.
Weaved into this is the legend of the Italian Secretary that was murdered in the same area that the two recent murders were found. Half of this story is revolved around discussing the legend and the possibility for its impact on the recent murders. While reading it, I didn't really see the importance of it, especially if supernatural forces wasn't something common/real to the Holme's stories, but after finishing it, i realize that it's key to understanding the motive and ect.
Actually, it's very similar to the Hound of the Baskerville's story. I'll make another post of that later.
OK.. I digress. Hopefully it got more clear.. I'll reread this again later.
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