The Case of the Missing Marquess

I am very disappointed.

I love Sherlock Holmes so I was curious to know about this book. I expected this story to be more interesting but I found it very boring and I couldn't finish it because I was honestly falling asleep.

A rather short, fun story about Sherlock Holmes' wayward younger sister, Enola. When the Mother of Enola, Sherlock and Mycroft vanishes, the two adult brothers return to their countryside childhood home to discover that Enola is running wild amongst the roses with and has read a scandalously large amount, including the (horror of horrors) the essays of [a:Mary Wollstonecraft 1853305 Mary Wollstonecraft https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1228515449p2/1853305.jpg]. Suffice to say that the free thinking Enola is not about to be packed off to some boarding school but instead embarks on some adventures of her own.I've found that I'm sensitive to depictions of Sherlock Holmes. Many pastiches are unreadable to me because “That's just not Sherlock”. Mr Holmes is not the central character here, but except for the odd twinge, he seemed pretty acceptable to my Holmes-radar. Enola was very believable as a sister and was a very engaging character in her own right.I'll look forward to reading the next book in the series.

I read this just after seeing the new Netflix movie.
The movie and the book are pretty much the same up to when Enola is being sent to boarding school
and then the plots diverge. A lot.

Both are pleasant and fun stories, but I preferred the movie.