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The minute I first heard about this book I was intrigued. I'm not sure why I have a fascination with historical mysteries, maybe it ties back to my first reading of Sherlock Holmes, in any case I knew I wanted to read this series. The addition of the supernatural added a touch of creepiness to the already strong air of mystery that the story holds. Abigail makes for a great narrator with her ability to observe the 'ordinary' as Jackaby says. She gives the reader a look at her new employer that makes Jackaby as much of a mystery as the murder they are trying to solve. His unusual ability to see the supernatural allows him to notice things that nobody else does, but at the same time he misses the ordinary, which makes Abigail such a great assistant for him. Add in Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghost who inhabits Jackaby's current residence and her mysterious death and the frog that stinks up the whole house, and throw in a former assistant turned duck and you've got a thoroughly entertaining story that really doesn't read like anything else. It does have a taste of Sherlock Holmes to it combined with Stroud's Lockwood & Co. focus on ghosts and ghouls. There is a tiny bit of bad language and a moderate amount of violence (someone was brutally murdered after all, several someone's actually). I found Jackaby a fascinating case study in the art of the historical fantasy mystery (is there such a genre? If not there should be).


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Jackaby eBook William Ritter Reviews

The positive
The story itself is interesting, the idea of combining Sherlock Holmes and supernatural also. Jackaby is different from Sherlock, which is good (he may have Dr Who's attributes, but I've never seen an episode, so I can't tell). The length and pace appropriate.
I liked the budding love story (which is not between the main protagonists, refreshingly).
The most lovely cover I've seen in a long time. This alone deserves five stars.

The negative
The story's setting should be in 1890s but, apart from a few clothes' description, it feels like nowadays (language, conduct, relationship portrayal). It could be set in today's parallel world without much loss. No need to stick to Sherlock Holmes so much.
Then there is Jackaby's character - sometimes distracted and eccentric (which I liked), and sometimes lucid about 'earthly' affairs, other's feelings, etc. Not consistent, but I've high hopes for the sequel.
I also guessed the murderer right away (this didn't take away from the story for me, but is considered a negative characteristic in general).

The neutral
This story is appropriate for adult and YA readers. It's not because of the inappropriate language or sth, more because of the story's themes and protagonists' behavior that IMO is not interesting to youngsters).

All in all, not a bad read - I will read the next book in a series too, to see if it's improved.
What can I tell you about 294 pages of jumbled up writing. The story was predictably unoriginal. His jacket is a sonic screwdriver and personality of a young Sherlock.

He has had companions like the Doctor Who want adventure. He sees things no one's else sees. The book was creative but a mess. He had ideas but nowhere to put them. Nothing supernatural until the last 5 chapters.

I read two to three books a week. 300-600 pages. This was a struggle to finish. If you enjoy a light fast read, be my guest. Just do not expect anything great. I gave two stars for the description of the home.
I wasn’t totally sure what JACKABY was all about but I was excited to start it! I actually hadn’t known that it involved paranormal elements so that was an interesting surprise when I started reading! (Yes, yes, I know that’s what the whole series is about and it’s plain as day in the book descriptions but you know me and going in totally blind.) I actually thought JACKABY was straight historical fiction, like a YA Sherlock Holmes. I was also interested to find out that Jackaby himself wasn’t a young adult, and I thought that was great to have an adult character as a main part of the book since so many YA books skip around older figures and stick with the teens. It brought an interesting dynamic and mix and also allowed Abigail to get involved in so many things that she may not normally have had access to. That’s always my thing with YA mysteries — a big question that always has to be addressed is why a teen wouldn’t go to an adult with a murder-mystery case and in JACKABY, Abigail is working for paranormal detective R.F. Jackaby.

I also figured that there would be a romance between Jackaby (this was before I knew how much older he was) and Abigail and I’m really glad that there wasn’t! It was nice to see the romance built with Abigail and more of a secondary character and that it was a side plot and not a main focus of the book. The quirky mysteries still took the spotlight and there wasn’t any mixing of work and romance. I actually didn’t really care for the romance, though. I thought it wasn’t very developed in the first book, which it didn’t have to be developed right away, but for some reason it felt fast and forced for me.

JACKABY wasn’t a perfect book but it was really enjoyable! Things kind of piled on with the paranormal but it was fun and not overwhelming as some books tend to feel when dealing with so many different para-creatures.
The minute I first heard about this book I was intrigued. I'm not sure why I have a fascination with historical mysteries, maybe it ties back to my first reading of Sherlock Holmes, in any case I knew I wanted to read this series. The addition of the supernatural added a touch of creepiness to the already strong air of mystery that the story holds. Abigail makes for a great narrator with her ability to observe the 'ordinary' as Jackaby says. She gives the reader a look at her new employer that makes Jackaby as much of a mystery as the murder they are trying to solve. His unusual ability to see the supernatural allows him to notice things that nobody else does, but at the same time he misses the ordinary, which makes Abigail such a great assistant for him. Add in Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghost who inhabits Jackaby's current residence and her mysterious death and the frog that stinks up the whole house, and throw in a former assistant turned duck and you've got a thoroughly entertaining story that really doesn't read like anything else. It does have a taste of Sherlock Holmes to it combined with Stroud's Lockwood & Co. focus on ghosts and ghouls. There is a tiny bit of bad language and a moderate amount of violence (someone was brutally murdered after all, several someone's actually). I found Jackaby a fascinating case study in the art of the historical fantasy mystery (is there such a genre? If not there should be).