Sherlock Holmes: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

author: David Tipton
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.73
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2016/05/21
date added: 2016/05/21
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Sherlock Holmes: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution' by David and Scott Tipton with art by Ron Joseph is a really fine adaptation of the story by Nicholas Meyer.

This story is probably the most famous Sherlock Holmes story not by Arthur Conan Doyle. Some people accept it as canon, while others do not. I probably fall somewhere in the middle. I find it a fine story, but some elements don't ring completely true with other Holmes stories. It's a decent try though.

Watson, looking back after many years, reveals some secrets about Holmes that he's kept. One being that Moriarty might have been a fabrication of Holmes when he was high on cocaine (a drug he used to combat boredom, apparently). Watson fears for the addiction he sees in Holmes, so he sets up an elaborate ruse to get Holmes to a famous doctor in Vienna who can cure this addiction. That doctor is Sigmund Freud. While in Vienna, Holmes teams up with Freud to solve a mystery involving an American heiress.

The adaptation is solid. It's a graphic novel with lots of words, but it doesn't feel overly written. The art complements the story perfectly. I quite enjoyed this adaptation of the story.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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