Enola Holmes 2: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady

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This country is mad for valuing people according to their titles. Why should an idle so-called aristocrat be considered more of a gentleman than any thrifty, sober, industrious member of the working class? About the religion thing......... Can we please stop. Just.... Stop. The villain mentions "the opiod (or opium, can't remember) of the people". Some communist leader coined this phrase. It's about religion: he said religion was useful only in that it made the masses feel good. The villain then continues speeching and takes a passage out of context from - I kid you not - All Things Bright and Beautiful to accuse God of making certain people dirt poor and others filthy rich and not caring. Enola agrees with him, thinking that even evil people can be right. So yeah. God's entire character is based off of a few lines from a hymn. What the case needs is, of course, a young lady’s touch. After all, who better to look for a missing young lady than another young lady? Of course, since I watched the movie first, I compared the first book to the movie. I can assure you that the case is a lot more complicated and impressive in the movie. However, in this second book I wasn't sure what to expect, since the movie didn't capture this. And since I was expecting more of a Middle Grade than a Young Adult I was actually quite positively surprised by this second book. Because this was certainly a lot more serious than the first book!

Maneron, Philippe. "Les enquêtes d'Enola Holmes - BD, informations, cotes". Bedetheque.com (in French). As for the mystery, there was foreshadowing and clues cleverly planted along the way (you really have to focus on this book, or you might miss something!) Just when I thought I had it figured out, there was a twist which left me second-guessing my deduction skills *haha* a b Bhattacharya, Suryasarathi (2020-09-23). "Enola Holmes author Nancy Springer on her popular mystery series and the Netflix adaptation". Firstpost . Retrieved 2020-09-27. My thanks to Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley for the DRC of “Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book. a b c Simmons, Tony (2019-08-13). " 'Stranger Things' star Millie Bobby Brown shooting film based on Bonifay author's novels". Panama City News Herald . Retrieved 2020-09-27.

There's a comfort food quality to them that I'm just digging. As in, I'm flying through the series and there's no hesitation as to whether or not I'm going to grab the next one.

These sentiments also bring to mind the thoughts I also had with the first book, that with hindsight we are able to see our past in a more comprehensive way. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was writing, he was writing about the world he inhibited and how he saw it. While the London of those stories was dark and gloomy, it didn’t quite bring to mind the image that paras like below do: a b c d Montz, Amy L. (2019). "Unbinding the Victorian Girl: Corsetry and Neo-Victorian Young Adult Literature". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 44 (1): 88–101. doi: 10.1353/chq.2019.0005.Was jedoch wieder sehr viel Spaß machte, waren die Illustrationen von Serena Blasco. Schon das Cover war wieder ein Kunstwerk für sich, da es verspielt die wichtigsten Elemente des Bandes zeigte. Noch schöner war es allerdings diesen Artstyle auch im Inneren zu finden, denn er macht einfach Spaß und schafft es die Charaktere herrlich verspielt wirken zu lassen. Besonders gelungen empfand ich dabei die Verwandlungen von Enola selbst. Da sie im Laufe der Geschichte in verschiedene Rolle schlüpfte, war es schön zu sehen, dass man sie so weit veränderte, dass man nicht wüsste das sie Enola ist. I enjoyed this little adventure and you will too if you are looking for a sparkling girl trying to find a life for herself while doing her best to help others. ThinkerViews Rating:

In spite of the realistic view of the era as shared above, the author does not shirk away from featuring some ghastly and otherwordly stuff similar to the narratives of the Holmes adventures, e.g. the references to Mesmerism which is kind of hypnotising someone to get them do your evil biddings, or the Dr. Jekyll vs Mr. Hyde personality transformation of the villain who turns into a monster with a wig :). But as easy as this plot seems -we are introduced to many people that would have like to have seen Bernard Daniels dead or injured. From the fired custodian, to the bookkeeper, the ex-wife or the financial adviser- we get a storm of suspects that could easily been the true murderer. Again, as in almost every detective fiction, clues conveniently present themselves whenever Enola is around. There are too many coincidences to be believable.Now, a digression. YA historical novels from the early 2000s appear to be rather full of a realistic darkness – at least that is the pattern I am noticing! There’s more of an emphasis on the lead’s coming-of-age.