The things is, in the book, she wasn't a sexual person. She was an opera singer who was engaged to be married. The whole thing with her story is that the King was a jerk to her, and she was going to reveal the photo of the two of them to wreck his wedding. She changed her mind after she was married, because she realized it didn't matter any more, and she was happy.
In the whole story, Holmes talks to her maybe twice. But she had been warned about his use of disguise, so she was able to recognize what was happening and outsmarted him.
There was at no point a love story between them, at all! Holmes admired her for her brains and the ability to outwit him, and he did have a bit of a crush on her. But that was it. He admired her.
Most adaptations have somehow taken that story and turned her into a sexpot and turned admiration into a love story.
Sorry, it just drives me up the wall. Irene Adler was smart and talented, but she wasn't a sex obsessed person or in love with Holmes. And I hate how there hasn't really been a good interpretation of the story since the Brett one.
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In the whole story, Holmes talks to her maybe twice. But she had been warned about his use of disguise, so she was able to recognize what was happening and outsmarted him.
There was at no point a love story between them, at all! Holmes admired her for her brains and the ability to outwit him, and he did have a bit of a crush on her. But that was it. He admired her.
Most adaptations have somehow taken that story and turned her into a sexpot and turned admiration into a love story.
Sorry, it just drives me up the wall. Irene Adler was smart and talented, but she wasn't a sex obsessed person or in love with Holmes. And I hate how there hasn't really been a good interpretation of the story since the Brett one.