As for these selections, I suppose they were interesting enough. I don't know whether I prefer short form or long form, but either way, the reveals in both cases always ended up to be underwhelming. Yes, I understand that these iconic stories have been so overused at this point that it would be practically impossible not to know them, but it's disappointing when you read a story and are able to predict the outcome. Also, Watson and Sherlock are so damn wordy. Did everyone in olden times write multiple page-long prefaces before they got to the urgent point, or was that done to build anticipation for the sake of story? I guess that just goes to show how things have changed and how little attention span people have these days.
Despite those disappointments, I still think they were worth the read. I'm a little sad I didn't get to meet the original Moriarty though, because he really bothers me in the tv show (though I guess that's the point) and it would be nice to see if he's always been that way. Maybe another time.
