Mans review:

This. Is not Sherlock Holmes of Conan Doyle.

This is not a Victorian gentleman with his attitudes and the idea of personal honor.

This is a 21th century postmodern add-on, which does raise some interesting points (such as for example, the risks undertaken by the boys whom Holmes employs), however, its idea of the wholesale corruption runs completely contrary to the original spirit of Conan Doyle's Holmes stories.

The original Conan Doyle was reassuring, because it portrayed a world where the government may be occasionally inefficient, the police sometimes incompetent, but at least there was a sense of justice and honor, and in general you could rely on goodwill of your neighbours. That world view may have been adequate or quite inadequate -- that is beyond the point. It was a world which was kinda worth believing in.

This story, however, is a cross between Sherlock Holmes movie (with Downey Jr.) and "Enemy of the State" (or any such similar cliche films). It is reasonably well written, but too predictable and un-Holmsesque to be entertaining. I will not be purchasing the second one.