I was enjoying the characters & the premise of the story…
But too slow for me & the narration was too confusing. 

Too dark for me right now, 3/25/25.

Too many characters, some unlikable, and many as unreliable "narrators" of their roles in the storyline.

The age gap (almost 40yrs.) between Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes & the beginning of their romantic relationship. This was originally published in the mid 1990’s - I do not think this BIG portion of the story line works in 2024.

The pace of the book was a little slow for me, and I was not attached to any of the main characters.

Too slowly paced for me - read the last chapter too.

The first two stories in this anthology were somewhat disturbing - I think intentionally…currently, not my cup of tea.

Intriguing, but at times choppy sentences and an assumption that the reader has previous background knowledge of the time period and/or the people being discussed.  I was also concerned given the subtitle that there were no footnotes, bibliography sharing/supporting Lipsky's research & writing, etc. 
I might try to go back to it again, but may also try other books on the topic such as, Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story From Despair to Possibility by Rebecca Solnit; Under the Sky We Make: How to Be a Human in a Warming World by Kimberly Nicolas, PhD.; and Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert.

Read & skimmed several chapters.
Dense reading - need a dictionary.

So dark -

and I finally stopped listening to the story before I’m assuming the main character gets raped.