Hello, Sherlock!

So, last Thursday I randomly choose a book to read after work and I can't drop the book down until I finish it, and the book was Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet. 

As a big fans of Detective Conan [been read the comic since I was in Junior High School and now I am a mother of one], I always have a respect for Sherlock Holmes since he's been such an idol for Sinichi Kudo. But I never got a chance to read Sherlock books. The closest experience I got to know Sherlock was from the BBC Series: Sherlock, which aired in 2010 and I watched the first season I think in 2013 and the series become one of my favorite series ever since. Also, that was the time I have a crush on Benedict Cumberbatch :P

It was last year, 2021. The year when I have so much time scrolling social media also some spending some times to check online marketplace regularly [because I have the maternity leave] and also 2021 was the year when I thought I was financially stable to buy books without thinking too much, in the end I was cry and couldn't even afford to buy delicious snack after realize I got no more entertainment money left and it's only in the middle of the month, anyway, in 2021 I start collecting Sherlock Holmes books. 

I've been in love with Indonesian translation edition from Penerbit Shira Media, I mean look at the books when I complete a month of online book hunting this edition. I guess this edition was discontinue and all I can found was preloved books, which was fine because I got a very nice price for these 5 books. I found it from different marketplace, got it from Tokopedia, Shopee & Bukalapak. I haven't opened the book to be honest so aside from the very pretty book cover and the arrangement of the back of the books, I can't tell you anything about book especially the translation. 

Then, a month (or two maybe) after I complete the collection of Shira Media edition (only 5 books actually not all series), there's Gramedia Online Book Fair, when they offered some books with 50% off price cut! I mean! it's now or never haha! So one of the book I checked out that time was Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet. I bought it only for 35,000! for someone who's growing up worrying about money [wkkk] buying books with big deals is always an achievement! haha sorry not sorry. 

So, months after that time, I finally read the book. It tooks only 6 hours, not in total, but I open the book after work so maybe it's around 6 PM, between iftar, nursing my baby and some errands to do, I finished it in the middle of the night at 12PM. And guess what! I'm in love with this book. It's so weird since I don't put high expectation on this book. I mean I've watch the series and I can guess the plot but still, this one is masterpiece. At least this edition, translated by Sendra B Tanuwijaya! kudos to the translator to make the this book fun to read and did not feel like a translation at all :').

I'm not gonna give you blurb or anything in this post, you guys could found it on Goodreads. I just want to share my experience reading this book haha! I really want to read the Shira-Media version but I got some books to read first before that and somehow I prefer to read the book based on the year published, maybe I'm gonna read the previous book from Gramedia Digital so I don't have to buy more books. I hope I could read the book this month, but I put my expectation lower since the books short stories, unlike the first book I read. :) After reading Gramedia version and Shira Media version, maybe I'm gonna write the difference too and giving more detail reviews. This one is only an intro! wkkkk. 

Anyway! 

I'm so happy I finally meet the original Sherlock in the book! and also happy that I watch the series first and I could visualize Benedict as Sherlock! 

Thank you for reading!