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The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

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anxiousnachos's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

3.5 stars. This was a weird, wacky and very fun Sherlock Holmes retelling with a trans Watson and pansexual female Holmes! It’s full of amusing one-liners and I think it works very well as a retelling, capturing the voice of Watson excellently. Ultimately, I think I have realised I just don’t necessarily *enjoy* that voice and thus this close a retelling to format/voice hindered my enjoyment a touch as I got a little bored of the very prim and proper Watson quite quickly. But a wonderfully weird science fantasy take on Holmes full of vampires and underwater cities and blackmail. 

Content warnings: drug use, drug addiction, dead bodies, murder, sexual assault (by vampire lure), blood, police brutality, confinement, transphobia 
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mar's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I'm always a big fan of fantasy mysteries and mean lady detectives, so this was just in my wheelhouse. I wasn't super invested in the main plot/mystery, honestly - it was a bit weak and disjointed - but the humour, LGBT representation, endearing characters, and cool worldbuilding that's a wild mess of fantasy and sci-fi with eldritch magic and time travel kept me reading anyway. I also wish there was more character development, but, other than that, I liked it a lot. It's super weird and ridiculous, but in a delightfully charming way.
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