The premise was really cool, the story wasn't bad, and the art was pretty solid; I loved some of the character designs, particularly Detective Straud and Jon Watson. Something in the characters' dialogue, though, just was off-putting. While I'm no expert on AAVE, much of this book seemed to jump at random between classic Sherlockian English and stereotypical Black English words like 'bro and 'kat.' It felt like someone trying to affect a Black accent, and struggling with it.

Again, I am no expert. Heck, I barely have enough linguistics to qualify my minor in, and I grew up in Whitey McWhitesville. The dialogue in this just felt weird to me, thus the lower rating.