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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman by Richard Lancelyn Green, E.W. Hornung

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retrophrenologist's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

mtb_za's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Aping Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, except that Raffles and Bunny do crime instead of solve it. Also, Holmes and Watson are at least interesting. The hero-worship of Raffles by Bunny is incredibly strange, given the treatment he gets. Funnily enough, the best story in here was the first crime committed by Raffles, not least because there was no clueless and hopeless Bunny mooning around after him in despair of being ignored.

The ending is also deeply strange, and any sequel should only reveal that Raffles has some sort of mind-control powers, or that Bunny is merely a masochist in a very dependent relationship, but I doubt that it will.

a_random_lady's review

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

drivera956's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Imagine being Arthur Conan Doyle and your brother in law writes a gay thief AU of your OCs. Insane. Beautiful prose, thrilling plots, paper thin queer subtext. I, like Bunny, got completely engrossed until the journey was over.

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jobinsonlis's review

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3.0

Raffles is a terrible guy. Not because he’s a gentleman thief but because he’s such a shitty friend. Poor Bunny. That man needed someone in his life to tell him to quit being charmed by Raffles and look at his history of lying to him for shits and giggles. At least when Sherlock played tricks on Watson for a case, nothing bad happened to him in the end. Poor, poor Bunny.