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[Sherlock Holmes in ACD's canon] Is Sherlock Holmes really as skillful and awesome as has been told about him, or does Watson exaggerate, embellish and glorify Holmes' merits and skills like what Holmes itself said about Watson's write style?
gpt
Watson's chronicle largely skips the minutia and drug abuse, so we're only treated to events he was present for, from his perspective. 

Thus, well, yes, sort of, but not that much. Since Holmes often explains his chain of thought, there's no reason to assume that Watson embellished his intelligence or deductive skills.