Brain Games – Sherlock Holmes Puzzles (#1): Over 100 Cerebral Challenges Inspired by the World’s Greatest Detective! (Volume 1)

Great for your MIND.
Very Good.

Lots of fun
Got it for my daughter that’s a big fan of Sherlock Holmes and solving mysteries, so she’s having a great time with this book.

Warning: These are NOT puzzles. It’s sad to see such an abuse of the “Sherlock Holmes” brand.
Warning: These are NOT puzzles. They really didn’t put much effort into this at all. Here are some examples of what you’ll find inside: 1. A fill-in-the-blank quote straight from Conan Doyle. It’s literally a paragraph from one of his novels with words missing from it. There is no logic game or anything to it. You either remember the quote or you don’t. The missing words are not words that you might guess or that you could figure-out based on other words in the “puzzle”. Instead, they’re people or place names, and the like. Completely random from a “puzzle” standpoint. Later, there’s a variation on the same “puzzle” where there are multiple choice answers for the blanks. Again, puzzle-wise they’re completely random, so you either remember the quote, or you’re just guessing. 2. A picture of a room with a caption telling you to study it carefully before turning the page. Why? Someone’s hidden something in the room! When you turn the page, an obvious piece of furniture has been removed from the same picture and you have to answer what’s missing. That’s it! No mystery. No story. No follow-up. 3. Some half-@ssed drawings of 8 fingerprints. You have to match-up the pairs. A “puzzle” if you’re 3, sure, but I didn’t think that was the audience. 4. A cryptogram – another quote straight from Conan Doyle. No hints and not much space to write your answers. It’s like they just printed it without giving a thought as to what it would be used for. Sadly, this was my favourite part. 5. A find-a-word with names of actors who have recently played Sherlock Holmes. I’m super disappointed. This was a total waste of money, and it’s sad to see such an abuse of the “Sherlock Holmes” brand.

Just a regular puzzle book
The title is misleading. as others noted, this is just a regular puzzle book at an inflated price.

You don’t have to be a Sherlock Holmes fan to do well on most of these puzzles. Cryptograms, word searches, jumbles, memory games, and more provide a variety of brain games and there are MANY of them. The vocabulary is often challenging and they never get boring.

Muito bom, de ótima encadernação, jogos variados, mas precisa de um pouquinho de inglês. Nada complicado. Não vi a hora passar. Recomendo.

Great for keeping my curious kiddo busy for hours!