The Five Orange Pips

The story is based on the murders of the Openshaw family. The story takes place in the UK. It started when Elias (John’s uncle) received an envelope with the letters “K.K.K” written at the front, which contained 5 orange pips. Three days later, he died. After that, Joseph (John’s dad), received the same envelope with the same 5 orange pips inside; though he knew he was going to be killed like his brother, he didn’t call the police. And as it was expected, three days later he died. Probably if he had asked for help, he wouldn’t have died. So now, the same envelope has been given to John, and he goes with Holmes to solve the mystery and keep him safe.

So, who is my favorite character? Absolutely Watson, because even though he doesn’t do much to solve the mysteries, he’s always paying attention to every move or thought that Holmes does or has, and at the end of the day, he writes about it in his diary, so we can also know what he is thinking about the case.

In spite of the fact I really like the story, some decisions that the characters made were so dumb, that I almost wanted to shout at their faces “Why did you do that?”, but then I remembered it was a story, and I calmed down. Despite that fact, I definitely recommend “The five orange pips”.

Antonella