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Arsène Lupin Vs Sherlock Holmes
by Maurice Leblanc
Y'all know I been into Lupin III (the anime by Monkey Punch) for the past month because I've been very annoying about it on Instagram -- but did you know that Lupin III is supposedly the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman burglar? And did you know that Maurice Leblanc, the author of the Arsène Lupin novels, published Sherlock Holmes fanfic in 1906-1907, pitting the master sleuth against his own master thief -- in this book? I've been wanting to read this for years and lemme tell you it's GLORIOUS. I'm genuinely so happy.
I fell in love with Lupin from chapter one, when he gets mad at a teacher for buying a writing desk he was eyeing, and I was like "oh shit oh no this teacher has no idea that he pissed off the wrong person!! he gon rob you petty man!!" one thing leads to another and a couple chapters later Herlock Sholmes (lol) gets put on the case and Lupin! not-a-care-in-the-world, will-beat-up-god LUPIN!, is genuinely scared!!. When they met in the restaurant my heart was seriously beating so fast, it was so exciting!! and the boat scene??? and when they met in the house towards the end of The Blonde Woman!! and the scene on the train!?!! seriously everytime the two boys shared the page my heart was pounding. I talked about The Blonde Woman with/at my housemate and she asked "but in the end who won, Lupin or Sholmes???" and I was like idk!!! they both won and lost and won and lost to each other and it was such a good game, gg, gg to both.
The Jewish Lamp is also fun but it wasn't as heart palpatatingly good as The Blonde Woman. Although I did really enjoy the scene on the boat at the end LUPIN I'M ALREADY IN LOVE WITH YOU YOU CAN'T JUST FLIRT WITH ANOTHER WOMAN istg.
(Sidenote: Sholmes's sidekick Wilson is hilarious. This poor man. I generally do not subscribe to the idea of Stupid Watson (book-Watson is a man of above regular intelligence and I will defend him to the death), but Wilson here is a poor lil puppy dog who deserves a pet on the head, and a better master. Topnotch parody. When he literally had a dream about chasing prey I lost my shit.)
I fell in love with Lupin from chapter one, when he gets mad at a teacher for buying a writing desk he was eyeing, and I was like "oh shit oh no this teacher has no idea that he pissed off the wrong person!! he gon rob you petty man!!" one thing leads to another and a couple chapters later Herlock Sholmes (lol) gets put on the case and Lupin! not-a-care-in-the-world, will-beat-up-god LUPIN!, is genuinely scared!!. When they met in the restaurant my heart was seriously beating so fast, it was so exciting!! and the boat scene??? and when they met in the house towards the end of The Blonde Woman!! and the scene on the train!?!! seriously everytime the two boys shared the page my heart was pounding. I talked about The Blonde Woman with/at my housemate and she asked "but in the end who won, Lupin or Sholmes???" and I was like idk!!! they both won and lost and won and lost to each other and it was such a good game, gg, gg to both.
The Jewish Lamp is also fun but it wasn't as heart palpatatingly good as The Blonde Woman. Although I did really enjoy the scene on the boat at the end LUPIN I'M ALREADY IN LOVE WITH YOU YOU CAN'T JUST FLIRT WITH ANOTHER WOMAN istg.
(Sidenote: Sholmes's sidekick Wilson is hilarious. This poor man. I generally do not subscribe to the idea of Stupid Watson (book-Watson is a man of above regular intelligence and I will defend him to the death), but Wilson here is a poor lil puppy dog who deserves a pet on the head, and a better master. Topnotch parody. When he literally had a dream about chasing prey I lost my shit.)