The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
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At its essence "The Affair of the Mysterious Letter" is a Sherlock Holmes retelling, except Sherlock Holmes is the sorceress Shaharazad Haas, John Watson is trans man Captain John Wyndham, and their adventure takes place in the high fantasy setting of Kelathra-Ven, where they try to save Eirene Viola's (Irene Adler? And possibly Shaharazad's ex-lover?) engagement to the fisherwoman Cora Beck. It takes everything that is fun about Sherlock Holmes and then makes it queer and High Fantasy, with sorcery, necromancy, time travel, vampires, gods, different dimensions and much more. It works very well as a standalone, but this book also makes me want to follow this iteration of Holmes and Watson on soooo many more adventures. The writing style is very fun and follows, as one is used to, John's autobiographical retellings of their adventures. Many things that will happen later in their life are hinted at, and John's upbringing in the very specific Eyan culture comes through in many ways, especially the way in which he goes about including or not including swear words, which amused me every time it happened.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
At its essence "The Affair of the Mysterious Letter" is a Sherlock Holmes retelling, except Sherlock Holmes is the sorceress Shaharazad Haas, John Watson is trans man Captain John Wyndham, and their adventure takes place in the high fantasy setting of Kelathra-Ven, where they try to save Eirene Viola's (Irene Adler? And possibly Shaharazad's ex-lover?) engagement to the fisherwoman Cora Beck. It takes everything that is fun about Sherlock Holmes and then makes it queer and High Fantasy, with sorcery, necromancy, time travel, vampires, gods, different dimensions and much more. It works very well as a standalone, but this book also makes me want to follow this iteration of Holmes and Watson on soooo many more adventures. The writing style is very fun and follows, as one is used to, John's autobiographical retellings of their adventures. Many things that will happen later in their life are hinted at, and John's upbringing in the very specific Eyan culture comes through in many ways, especially the way in which he goes about including or not including swear words, which amused me every time it happened.