Sasha Burnette

It contained no conflict, suspense, or intrigue. It introduced the characters already fully developed and showed us the murderer less than halfway through the book with maybe one hardly-developed red herring. At no point was any character challenged in their abilities, and at no point was anyone given any development. They introduced the 'conflict' and immediately, with 0 challenge whatsoever, Sherlock solves it like an omnipotent god. The mystery is simple and doesn't pay off for the amount of exposition it was given. Good book for children, but horribly underdeveloped for anyone else, especially for a short story. I am irrationally angry at this short story because I have to write an essay about it that's longer than the story itself.