Dass sie durch ihr Geschlecht und ihr Alter immer wieder unterschätzt wird kommt ihr manchmal aber auch zupass, vor allem wenn sie sich ihrem ersten Fall widmet, dem Verschwinden von Lady Cecily. I have of course seen the promos for the Netflix film Enola Holmes, though I haven’t actually seen it yet. I knew it was based on a series of YA books, but I’d never read them either. So when I saw that there was a graphic novel adaptation on NetGalley, I thought it would a fun introduction. Besides, I like the art. Enola’s life by no means is a picnic. She faces a lot of dangers on her own continuously and it is difficult not to admire her courage or forgive her for an ocassional lapse where she craves genuine friendship with someone. The most unusual and yet the most common thing that she yearns for still remains her independence though: Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-02-21 18:00:39 Boxid IA40064124 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Weniger gut gelungen empfand ich diesmal aber die allgemeine Umsetzung, denn vieles erschloss sich erst viel später oder wurde gar erst in den geheimen Notizen am Ende des Bandes erklärt. Für Neuleser ohne die Kenntnisse aus den Büchern, dürfte es hier etwas schwerer fallen, da z.B. auch ein paar Dinge ausgelassen wurden. Ich fand es z.B. sehr schade, dass man den Großbasar Finch & Sohn nicht mehr hervorhob, obwohl er der erste Markt war, der gemischte Waren anbot. Am schwierigsten zu greifen war für mich aber Enola im Nonnenkostüm, da erst viel zu spät aufgeklärt wurde, was sie da tat. Klar waren dies nur Kleinigkeiten, aber sie nahmen mir einfach den Lesefluss. 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. Along with great stories, the art in "Enola" is stunning! I believe the artist used markers to achieve their style, but the effect is more like a stylized watercolor. The story flows well from panel to panel with bright splashes, and I was entertained enough to read all three in one sitting.

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At the end of each of the stories, there are excerpts of Enola’s secret notebook. This makes for an interesting addition as it reveals Enola’s thoughts and modi operandi through her doodles. Al tener solo 250 páginas y al ir dándose con celeridad todos los acontecimientos, la lectura no llega a resultar tediosa. Es mejorable, pero no es un mal libro. 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.

Book Genre: Adventure, Childrens, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Juvenile, Middle Grade, Mystery, Young Adult Also, the LOVELY dynamic between Cecily and Enola that I WOULD DIE FOR is practically...nonexistent in this version. And I mean I get it, it's a watered-down illustrated version, and much of the Enola/Cecily dynamic actually goes on within Enola's head (trust me, it's not as creepy as it sounds)(it's only a little creepy)(which in case you're wondering, I completely stan), and while in the book her and Cecily spend little time together, there's always the hope and possibility of their friendship in the future. But, as this was only a summary of a much superior book, much of that was cut. Enola becomes interested in the disappearance of an aristocratic young lady called Lady Cecily. She visits the missing girl’s house and discovers her secret drawings featuring the poor people of London. She also interviews her friend Alexander Finch and learns that both Alexander and Cecily were sympathetic to the cause of the proletariat workmen of this world. Slowly the threads of this mystery are unravelling around Enola, but this also means she is getting dangerously close to a maniac. The mysteries were not even very interesting. What was more amusing and entertaining was the way in which the main characters constantly skirted around each other. Enola hiding from her brothers was sad but her success in it made it fun to see too. Whereas her mother hiding from her was downright depressing and loomed large over the plot. And by the end I was as tired of seeing Enola think about her mother as Enola was herself. When we left Enola at end of the first book, she had found herself a place to stay in London. In this book, she is in the same lodging place, staying as Miss Meshle. She also has set-up her office under the name of Dr. Ragostin– perditorian – who can find lost people and things. She is still trying to communicate with her mother through the cryptic advertisements in newspapers using the language of flowers.

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The book includes some serious topics within its content, such as women’s suffrage, societal compulsions about ‘proper’ women’s behaviour and appearance, poverty, class discrimination, and so on. Again, as in almost every detective fiction, clues conveniently present themselves whenever Enola is around. There are too many coincidences to be believable.

Una continuación que resulta tan entretenida como El caso del marqués desaparecido, el primer libro de la saga. La diferencia es que aquí el caso principal está más trabajado, aunque siguió faltando que tuviera un poco más de chispa para llegar a ser adictivo. Eso es lo que me impide darle más puntuación, ya que hasta me parecía que algunos descubrimientos se daban de forma milagrosa. Para mí, lo mejor de esta novela ha sido todo el asunto de Enola intentando evadir a sus hermanos.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* This goes against Enola’s sensibilities and those of her currently absent mother, so before she embarks on the very ladylike occupation of learning how to be a “houseplant”, Enola absconds to London. Smart girl, our Enola. En este segundo libro, Enola ya está bien establecida en una vida independiente, y me encanta todo lo que ha hecho y conseguido la joven Holmes con los recursos a su disposición. Es muy divertido ver cómo se desenvuelve entre los adultos e incluso cómo juega con ellos a su antojo, y también me gusta ver los guiños a su famoso hermano, ya no solo a través de las apariciones de este sino, por ejemplo, con todo el tema de los disfraces de los que también se sirve Enola.

It turns out this length is also just right for middle-aged readers who like it when stories get the to point. Lo referente al tema de la desaparición no me intrigó demasiado, no porque el asunto no tuviera potencial, sino porque no vi justificado el modo de Enola de ir obteniendo respuestas. El caso entretiene, pero no es nada del otro mundo. urn:lcp:caseoflefthanded0000spri:epub:52f177f3-7d23-4109-842e-ac02cf896708 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier caseoflefthanded0000spri Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3mx2n28w Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780142411902 One of the first interesting things about this book is its title. Now most of us are naturally right-handed, but there are many people who are naturally left handed. You may know someone who prefers using their left hand. In fact, there are many celebrities who are left-handed and it is quite an accepted phenomena these days. But it was not so even a few decades ago. As right hand is considered the ‘good’ hand, the hand preferred during religious ceremonies and so on, a lot of left-handed children also were punished and it was common practice to try and get them to change to be right handed. This book highlights that this custom must have been common around the world, as the author shows us through Enola’s thoughts what a typical left-handed child would go through when growing up in England of late nineteenth century: It is in bad taste for people to parade their insolent starvation in the face of the rich and trading portions of the town. They should have starved in their garrets.En cuanto al caso que Enola investiga, pues no está mal, al menos no parece tan improvisado como el del libro anterior y se ve a Enola esforzándose por recabar pruebas. Lo que no me convence es que no me parecía que a ella le interesara en exceso el asunto. A ver, comprendo que solo tiene 14 años y que, aunque haya demostrado ser madura para su edad, pues no sea experta en lo que hace, pero me daba la impresión de que el trabajo era para ella una especie de entretenimiento y que lo usaba para poder ver hasta qué punto se le daba bien camuflarse y obtener testimonios de otras personas. Aquí debe buscar a Lady Cecily, una joven de clase alta que se esfumó de su casa supuestamente para huir con un chico, pero pronto se ve que no es así y hay que ir analizando otras opciones. Hay hallazgos que considero que estaban bien justificados, pero en otros sencillamente veía a Enola hacer deducciones milagrosas. Hasta la propia Enola parecía querer tirar la toalla muchas veces, así que esa desgana hizo que a mí el caso me acabara causando una cierta indiferencia. 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? In this, the second of the series, Enola Holmes is living in London masquerading as a young miss named Ivy Meshle and working for the famous Perditorian, Dr. Ragostin. What is a "perditorian" you say? Good question, I had to look it up myself. A perditorian is a finder of lost things. And Dr. Ragostin is reputed to be very good at what he does although most people have never heard of him.