Reviews - The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar

Maurice Leblanc

3.74 AVERAGE

dsdmona's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 estrellas

gabyyy__23's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

wahistorian's review against another edition

3.0

This book compiles the best gentleman-thief Arsene Lupin stories from Maurice Leblanc’s five Lupin short story collections, published between 1906 and 1922. Leblanc professed to love Poe and Conan Doyle, but chose to focus on the exploits of shape-shifting thief Lupin—at first. The appeal of the detective novel was irresistible, however, and the fact that Lupin (or Renine or Velmont or Barnett, his alter-egos) begins solving crimes later in his career rather than committing them suggests that the Lupin formula wasn’t quite right. These stories are a little dated, sure, but the fact that Lupin never really gels as a character is the bigger problem. It may be why Leblanc continually changed viewpoints and names and modus operandi; he was looking for a character he really wanted to spend time with. Never mind; the Arsene Lupin stories remains a fascinating experiment in genre fiction, and worth a read.

williamoverbeeke's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

luthiennienna's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

ahriley's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Inspired to read from the Netflix show, I had a good time! Had a few chuckles, especially when he gets mad when he's outsmarted. Fun read with conveniently short stories