Now, to be perfectly honest, I know nothing about Sherlock Holmes. I have never read the books and never watched the BBC show (though it is on my binge watch list for spring break). I have, though, seen the two movies with Robert Downy Jr – which is what first interested me in this book. I love those movies, I don’t know if that is an unpopular opinion – but I think Robert Downey Jr nails it. Lock & Mori takes an entirely different view on a beloved classic. From what I can gather, no one knows anything about Moriarty – only what they know from Sherlock himself, so why not explore that a little? Lock & Mori is an outstanding work of art that takes what we think we know and turns it on its head.
In this book, Moriarty is just a normal high schooler (not really). She has perfect grades, perfect attendance, is nothing short of genius, and has this beautifully complex mind that solves puzzles like it is nobody’s business. She meets Sherlock, the school’s resident hermit scientist whose mother bribed the headmaster into letting him run a lab downstairs in the basement. Long story short, Lock and Mori meet, Lock …show more content…
All I know of him is what I saw when I watched the movies: Sherlock Holmes is a sociopathic genius with a razor sharp wit and scary observation skills. Lock, for me at least, captured that perfectly while simultaneously making Sherlock a very loveable character. Throughout the book, we have beautiful examples of his sass, his brilliance, and his inability to empathize and realize when he offends someone with his words. Truth is the only thing that matters to him, until he meets Mori that is. He cares about her, and it was heartbreakingly beautiful to read the moments when we could see what he was feeling. I just have to say this, Petty has created an image of the infamous Sherlock Holmes that will stick in my mind
In this book, Moriarty is just a normal high schooler (not really). She has perfect grades, perfect attendance, is nothing short of genius, and has this beautifully complex mind that solves puzzles like it is nobody’s business. She meets Sherlock, the school’s resident hermit scientist whose mother bribed the headmaster into letting him run a lab downstairs in the basement. Long story short, Lock and Mori meet, Lock …show more content…
All I know of him is what I saw when I watched the movies: Sherlock Holmes is a sociopathic genius with a razor sharp wit and scary observation skills. Lock, for me at least, captured that perfectly while simultaneously making Sherlock a very loveable character. Throughout the book, we have beautiful examples of his sass, his brilliance, and his inability to empathize and realize when he offends someone with his words. Truth is the only thing that matters to him, until he meets Mori that is. He cares about her, and it was heartbreakingly beautiful to read the moments when we could see what he was feeling. I just have to say this, Petty has created an image of the infamous Sherlock Holmes that will stick in my mind