Personally, I would be wary about letting a child younger than thirteen read this.
What surprised me was how violent this book is. His daughter, Virginia, doesn't have quite as concrete a role, other than the horse-mad hoyden, would-be love interest, and perhaps, her tendency to bring out the impulsive adventurer in Sherlock. I have a feeling he will be accompanying Sherlock on more adventures in this series, and I'm very cool with that. I also liked Holmes' sidekick Matty Arnett. It was interesting seeing how Holmes went from being a 'whatever/why is this important?' kid to the man who has an insatiable curiosity about the world and the burning desire to solve any puzzle that he encounters. Crow helps to develop Holmes' signature traits, deductive reasoning and a keenly analytical mind.
I did like the fact that Holmes has a mentor in an American who brings to mind a cross between Mark Twain and Wyatt Earp/Doc Holiday. I just found the book disappointing in how it did craft young Holmes. Yeah, I'm not sure I can clarify that right now, so I won't try. I have my own perceptions about how young Sherlock Holmes would be and this one isn't real close to my ideas. Crow helps to develop Holmes' I'm going to put this book in the 'not bad, but could have been better' classification. I'm going to put this book in the 'not bad, but could have been better' classification.
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