They feel like an attempt to bring about a sense of dread to what fate might befall Dr Watson's family. The references to Mary and Samuel, Dr Watson's wife and child are so out of place.

I kept asking myself throughout this book, does Holmes even like Watson? He seems to treat him very poorly and Watson falls into the routine of second guessing himself all the time and is a very weakly portrayed character. I'm hopeful so far, and I'm looking forward to the next book! Hooray! Splendid!ĭoesn't sit well within the Cthulhu Mythos Can this be everything that I’ve been wishing for? Hmmm. It’s also a book that is smart, and creepy, and has plenty of exciting twists. It's a serious take, as it deserves to be. WARNING - no punches are pulled in this tale. Hudson’s the boy's only chance to win this battle, solve this mystery, or. Her silly man-boys who refuse of grow up. AKA the mother / goddess' love for her children. The Cthulhu Mythos the most dire, bleak, hopeless, & helpless view of human's bottom-rung-of-the-ladder in the universe… only the power of love. Protected from reality, these two “Lost Boys” are kept forever in the “Never-Never-Land” of 221B Baker Street by the unconditional love of their 'eternal mother figure'. Mrs Hudson’s boarding house is their sanctuary against a world who would look suspiciously on two middle-aged men living together - disapproving of their forever male-bonding, playing at do-gooding, two best friends in an endless sleep-over, reading comic books under the covers by flash-light and hashing out their plots, fighting the forces of evil safe in their own fortress of solitude. See, I think all that love (though under-rated ) actually provides the ultimate protection that saves Sherlock and Watson each time. The boy’s rented rooms brim full of strange experiments, all-night homosexually charged bonding sessions, strange music, drug use, and general artistic chaos… all held in the warm caring embrace of an elderly widow’s love. Hudson? The Lovecraftian Mythos is in high contrast to the warm-&-cozy-crime-fighting done at 221 B Baker Street, with Mrs Hudson bringing up a tray of tea & cake to Sherlock and Watson. What, or who, could help Holmes & Watson stand-up against Cthulhu? Someone else in the Holmes / Watson stories? MAYBE. YES, the Cthulhu-threat is the worst, the most extremely alien and inhumanly dangerous situation & foe Holmes has ever faced. Yep, since I was in high school, in the 70's, I DREAMED of this POP CULTURE adventure: the best hero vs the worst villain.

I've spent most my life imagining this fan-boy mythos-story.

Cthulhu (Book 1 “The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions”) “I cannot be seeing this!” Sherlock Holmes said, his voice quivering.

The adventure of the deadly dimensions