50 by 2013, #6
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indiana_j#6 Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Yeah, yeah, I finally got around to reading this.
I bought this right around the time it came out last year and it's just ... sat there on my shelf. Why? Well, honestly, while Changes turned out better than I had expected, I was a little burnt out on Butcher. I finally just gave up the other day and grabbed #13 to read.
I immediately remembered why I loved the Harry Dresden universe. It's easy to get sucked in and with this being #13, it's kind of like connecting with an old friend again. Overall, I thought this was a good romp but nowhere near how good some of the other books were - I hope Butcher's not on a downward spiral. :(
This really, really felt like a transitional book (which IC it was but it shouldn't have felt like it, you know?). I felt that we got a lot of some characters (Molly and Butters; I will never complain about too much Butters, though, in any of these books) but got the short end of the stick with others (Karrin! Jesus, we couldn't have gotten a little more Murphy?). Also, to be honest, I'd completely forgotten who Corpsetaker was and that kind of threw me out of the book while I tried to remember.
Also, it seemed kind of repetitive in some spots. If I heard one more time how it was wrong to take Molly to Chichén Itzá because she was a sensitive, I was going to scream (we got it, what, three, four times?).
However, it was still fun and there were still some really powerful moments. I literally went "Holy crap, no way!" in the kitchen at work when I got to the chapter where you find out that Harry arranged his own murder. And the reunion scenes with both Mister and Mouse were wonderful and heartbreaking. And there were a lot of really great small moments.
But, over all, not my favorite Dresden novel and I hope that Cold Days returns to the awesome we experienced with the earlier novels.
Yeah, yeah, I finally got around to reading this.
I bought this right around the time it came out last year and it's just ... sat there on my shelf. Why? Well, honestly, while Changes turned out better than I had expected, I was a little burnt out on Butcher. I finally just gave up the other day and grabbed #13 to read.
I immediately remembered why I loved the Harry Dresden universe. It's easy to get sucked in and with this being #13, it's kind of like connecting with an old friend again. Overall, I thought this was a good romp but nowhere near how good some of the other books were - I hope Butcher's not on a downward spiral. :(
This really, really felt like a transitional book (which IC it was but it shouldn't have felt like it, you know?). I felt that we got a lot of some characters (Molly and Butters; I will never complain about too much Butters, though, in any of these books) but got the short end of the stick with others (Karrin! Jesus, we couldn't have gotten a little more Murphy?). Also, to be honest, I'd completely forgotten who Corpsetaker was and that kind of threw me out of the book while I tried to remember.
Also, it seemed kind of repetitive in some spots. If I heard one more time how it was wrong to take Molly to Chichén Itzá because she was a sensitive, I was going to scream (we got it, what, three, four times?).
However, it was still fun and there were still some really powerful moments. I literally went "Holy crap, no way!" in the kitchen at work when I got to the chapter where you find out that Harry arranged his own murder. And the reunion scenes with both Mister and Mouse were wonderful and heartbreaking. And there were a lot of really great small moments.
But, over all, not my favorite Dresden novel and I hope that Cold Days returns to the awesome we experienced with the earlier novels.
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Date: 2012-03-10 12:14 am (UTC)The nature of He Who Walks Behind was BRILLIANT. Such a simple concept, and so goddamned creepy.
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Date: 2012-03-10 12:22 am (UTC)And I did quite like He Who Walks Behind; I also really liked that we finally got more details on what happened that day. Poor Harry. (It had really good scenes! But then it had not so really good scenes and some that were just boring. I skipped over most of the Nevernever fight, except when Evil Bob came out to play.)