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Grave Peril (The Dresden Files #3)
by
Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
Now in hardcover from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files.
Harry Dresden�s faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. All par for the course for Chicago�s only professional wizard.
But in all of Harry�s years of supernatural sleuthing, he�s never faced anything like this: the spirit...more
Harry Dresden�s faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. All par for the course for Chicago�s only professional wizard.
But in all of Harry�s years of supernatural sleuthing, he�s never faced anything like this: the spirit...more
Hardcover, 348 pages
Published
November 4th 2008
by Roc Hardcover
(first published September 1st 2001)
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WOW, what a great book !!!
Fool Moon was much better than Storm Front, and Grave Peril is even better than Fool Moon.The series is definitely getting better and evolves to something bigger and very engaging,no doubt that Jim Butcher is a great author. That's an action packed book with lots of humor,magic and great characters. I really liked Harry's Godmother and Michael as a new characters, Harry and Bob are great (as usual).
Highly recommended !!!
Fool Moon was much better than Storm Front, and Grave Peril is even better than Fool Moon.The series is definitely getting better and evolves to something bigger and very engaging,no doubt that Jim Butcher is a great author. That's an action packed book with lots of humor,magic and great characters. I really liked Harry's Godmother and Michael as a new characters, Harry and Bob are great (as usual).
Highly recommended !!!
The city has been plagued by an unusual amount of violent ghost activity, and Harry along with his friend Michael (a new character to the series) have been doing their best to exorcise the spirits. It soon becomes clear that the ghosts have been incited by someone with evil intentions, and then theres even worse than that in store, A girl with visions of the future (not good visions), Possessions, and an invite to a vampire ball that Harry would be very wise not to attend.
At first I was somewhat...more
At first I was somewhat...more
I loved aspects of this story and hated others. I adored the magic, the description of how power worked, how Harry created his spells. I also loved how he got put through the wringer and had to really be willing to sacrifice himself for the survival of the people he loved.
I hated the female characters. I hated that their breasts were described at every available opportunity, particularly the villains. During a climactic fight scene, a female villain was "distracted" by a vampire sliding his hand...more
I hated the female characters. I hated that their breasts were described at every available opportunity, particularly the villains. During a climactic fight scene, a female villain was "distracted" by a vampire sliding his hand...more
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ETA 9/29/11 Re-read:
I am moving this up to 5 stars. This is a fantastic book. So many good things. The book turns the corner for the series and becomes interesting, dynamic and introduces a story arc. Really cool, really cool characters are introduced -- Mavra, Leea, Thomas, Charity, Michael, the spirit communicator (forgot his name), and the Carpenter clan. And existing characters are profoundly changed. At the end of this book, Harry is permanentntly altered -- both in his talent and power and...more
I am moving this up to 5 stars. This is a fantastic book. So many good things. The book turns the corner for the series and becomes interesting, dynamic and introduces a story arc. Really cool, really cool characters are introduced -- Mavra, Leea, Thomas, Charity, Michael, the spirit communicator (forgot his name), and the Carpenter clan. And existing characters are profoundly changed. At the end of this book, Harry is permanentntly altered -- both in his talent and power and...more
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Jun 22, 2009
Stephen
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3 of 5 stars
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3.5 stars. I am a big fan of these books. They are fun reads, well plotted, interesting world building and are never boring. Add to that a main character with an interesting "voice" and you have a good, solid read.
This was the last book in the Dresden Files omnibus I got from the library and it left me feeling very enthusiastic about the future of the series for a variety of reasons.
First of all, as I mentioned in my review of Fool Moon I was concerned whether the vague tendency of the plot to become formulaic was going to resurface in this book. Fortunately I shouldn't have worried: Mr. Butcher took the story in a completely different direction and every twist felt fresh and exciting. There were no two...more
First of all, as I mentioned in my review of Fool Moon I was concerned whether the vague tendency of the plot to become formulaic was going to resurface in this book. Fortunately I shouldn't have worried: Mr. Butcher took the story in a completely different direction and every twist felt fresh and exciting. There were no two...more
This is probably one of the saddest Dresden books thus far, but proves that Butcher is not enamored of his character and can let him evolve through strife as well as success. Harry's quest to seek out what is torturing ghosts leads him to various dead ends before he finally puts the puzzle pieces together (nice of the police and Susan to withhold that information for him for so long). The vampires re-emerge in the series, and I love that Butcher's vampires aren't really human at all. He does a m...more
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I will probably have to find a print version, as I kept getting distracted from the story and am fairly certain I missed huge chunks of plot. My boyfriend found this gripping and has taken to listening to it on his own, but I personally found myself irritated by Harry. Honestly, he behaves too much like the stock hero of a romance novel, only with wizardly powers. Speaking of stock, am I the only person unimpressed by the story-line? It's a fairly middling urban fantasy plot: I actually preferre...more
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My favorite Dresden book so far - really enjoyed this one. I especially appreciate how Butcher characterizes magic as tied to the user - being ultimately generated from the heart / soul. I loved the character of Michael as a foil for Harry. Butcher does a very nice job showing Harry's struggle with his dark side. While these books are ultimately a light, fun, read this one really connected me to the characters. I felt quite emotional involved in this book. I would have gone with 5 stars for this...more
Well, I made it to page 68, but I am getting negative joy from reading this book, so it will be my first official abandonment (because I usually don't own up to abandoning books).
I feel that others have already written reviews that completely encapsulate how I feel about this book - check out Casey's review and Suz's review in particular.
I just want to say one additional thing though - what a horrible first line!
"There are reasons I hate to drive fast."
Yes, yes, I know that sometimes "fast" can...more
I feel that others have already written reviews that completely encapsulate how I feel about this book - check out Casey's review and Suz's review in particular.
I just want to say one additional thing though - what a horrible first line!
"There are reasons I hate to drive fast."
Yes, yes, I know that sometimes "fast" can...more
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6/7/10-6/15/10- This was the 3rd book in the Harry Dresdan series. I have heard that this is the book that really turns a corner in the series and it gets good, but I had such a hard time getting in to this book. I think part of the reason was so much happened in it and also because it kept feeling like I missed something. I know it's always implied that there are things that happen between books, but in this one, the talk of the case, that was worked on "a few months ago" had me checking Jim Bu...more
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"Hell's Bells" count: 26
If you're reading this series in sequence (which you absolutely should be, or things will stop making sense very quickly), you've got a good handle on how the world of Harry Dresden operates. He's a lone wolf, so to speak, standing up to the Occult Forces of Chicago with only the support of his contact in the Chicago PD, Lt. Karrin Murphy. There's also intrepid investigative reporter Susan Rodriguez, for whom Harry's feelings are slightly more than professional.
There's a...more
If you're reading this series in sequence (which you absolutely should be, or things will stop making sense very quickly), you've got a good handle on how the world of Harry Dresden operates. He's a lone wolf, so to speak, standing up to the Occult Forces of Chicago with only the support of his contact in the Chicago PD, Lt. Karrin Murphy. There's also intrepid investigative reporter Susan Rodriguez, for whom Harry's feelings are slightly more than professional.
There's a...more
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Apr 03, 2013
MrsJoseph
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to MrsJoseph by:
Mike (the Paladin)
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Maybe someday I will get tired of Harry being beaten, battered, exhausted, terrified, guilt-ridden, tormented, humiliated and generally abused.
That day is not yet.
Gravil Peril is another fun ride -- action-packed, perilous, and funny. It lost a star in my rating, however, because of the multitude of typos and misspellings that kept kicking me out of the story. And because of the appearance of the phrase "Hell's bells" on nearly every page. Minor things, but they interfered with my enjoyment.
Grea...more
That day is not yet.
Gravil Peril is another fun ride -- action-packed, perilous, and funny. It lost a star in my rating, however, because of the multitude of typos and misspellings that kept kicking me out of the story. And because of the appearance of the phrase "Hell's bells" on nearly every page. Minor things, but they interfered with my enjoyment.
Grea...more
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This book was about as addictive as the first two. It's certainly darker than "Storm Front" or "Fool Moon" and could possibly be the turning point of the Dresden series. Lots of vampires, Lots of Magic, lots of Harry nearly dying. It's not called "Grave Peril" for any small reason. I lost count how many times people have ALMOST bit the big one. Bucher is very good at creating likeable characters,even new ones, just entering the series. great book.
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Dealing with ghosts is bad enough. But Harry Dresden, wizard-for-hire, has come across a few new cases that are disturbing on a new level. The ghosts were tortured and worked into a frenzy, making them even nastier than usual. Thankfully, Harry has his friend Michael along to help; Michael's faith in God makes him a powerful ally. However, when their dearest friends begin to show signs of the same psychological torture as the ghosts, they have to work fast to find out who is at fault.[return][re...more
About two chapters in to this, the third of the Dresden series, it was obvious to me that Butcher had hit on a formula that worked for him and he was sticking to it.[return][return]Harry Dresden, wizard extraordinaire, was once again on the job in Chicago getting his butt soundly kicked by bad guys. This time he has a side kick, but even with that character's sound reasoning Harry manages to flub every attempt to do the right thing, landing him in more and more trouble.[return][return]Which twis...more
Grave Peril.
With out a doubt my favorite book in the Dresden Files. It kicks off the meta-plot, it crams a ton of action, a good mystery, introduces some interesting new characters, and is just jam packed with awesome. This marks the turning point in the series. With out spoiling it, BIG things happen in this one.
Character-wise, we meet Michael and Thomas (and Michael's family) who all play a big long term role in the series. They're interesting in their own right. But what really blew me away...more
With out a doubt my favorite book in the Dresden Files. It kicks off the meta-plot, it crams a ton of action, a good mystery, introduces some interesting new characters, and is just jam packed with awesome. This marks the turning point in the series. With out spoiling it, BIG things happen in this one.
Character-wise, we meet Michael and Thomas (and Michael's family) who all play a big long term role in the series. They're interesting in their own right. But what really blew me away...more
The Dresden Files books are so much fun to read! I rarely laugh out loud when while reading but there's one part in Grave Peril (that relates to another one of Harry's ridiculous outfit) that had me laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. Jim Butcher has a great ability to combine horror, drama and humor.
If I had read this book as a stand alone, I would have rated it 4 starts. However, the fact that I've grown to love Harry so darn much throughout the series made me rate it 5 starts.
If I had read this book as a stand alone, I would have rated it 4 starts. However, the fact that I've grown to love Harry so darn much throughout the series made me rate it 5 starts.
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I made it through the third book of this series after being given to understand that it gets much better around book 4-ish, depending on who I ask. It certainly didn't get better at book 3.
After reading two chapters of Grave Peril I had to put the book down and check to make sure I was reading the books in the correct order. (Yep. I was.) Who on earth is Michael? Harry has a fairy godmother? I felt so lost. And now that I've finished the book, I don't feel much more enlightened about where thes...more
After reading two chapters of Grave Peril I had to put the book down and check to make sure I was reading the books in the correct order. (Yep. I was.) Who on earth is Michael? Harry has a fairy godmother? I felt so lost. And now that I've finished the book, I don't feel much more enlightened about where thes...more
Okay. I get that there are certain pulp conventions, and I get that Harry's a bit of a chauvinistic twit at times. I forgive this. And I don't quibble with each character alone.
But.
I am 91% of the way through this book, and as it stands:
Karrin Murphy's been Sleeping Beauty'd for her own safety during most of the action; Charity comes across as strong but still largely exists to be angry and threatened; Susan Rodriguez has been ignored for most of the book, been captured, been turned, and current...more
But.
I am 91% of the way through this book, and as it stands:
Karrin Murphy's been Sleeping Beauty'd for her own safety during most of the action; Charity comes across as strong but still largely exists to be angry and threatened; Susan Rodriguez has been ignored for most of the book, been captured, been turned, and current...more
Harry Dresden, wizard for hire, is out to save the city from ghosts gone bad, really bad. Someone is casting a spell to torture the dead, creating discord that disrupts the veil between the never never, thinning it, making it easier to cross over and using those ghosts to torture Harry's friends. Harry is helped by Michael carrying Arakis, his fairy godmother (for her own evil purposes), and Bob.
This is book #3 in the series. The world building and background information that Mr. Butcher puts i...more
This is book #3 in the series. The world building and background information that Mr. Butcher puts i...more
After reading my third Dresden Files book, I'll say this: Jim Butcher is pretty good at putting his "hero" in really bad situations and stripping away a lot of his power at the same time, so that you wonder how he is going to get out of it. I'm mostly reading the series because he manages to do this a lot better than most authors I've been reading lately.
Other than that, meh. I'm going to keep reading mostly because I enjoyed the TV series (I tried to read the books way back then, but the writin...more
Other than that, meh. I'm going to keep reading mostly because I enjoyed the TV series (I tried to read the books way back then, but the writin...more
Feb 17, 2013
Joseph Zurat
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
urban-fantasy
I read the first two books of the Dresden Files a few years ago, and I thought they were interesting, well-paced, and that the world they introduced was a clever twisting of tropes of fantasy and horror, but I hadn't bothered to continue until recently.
I just finished Grave Peril and I get the distinct impression that this is where the series really starts to take off. There are some promises to the readers that were made in books one and two that get some pay-off here, and it seems to set up so...more
I just finished Grave Peril and I get the distinct impression that this is where the series really starts to take off. There are some promises to the readers that were made in books one and two that get some pay-off here, and it seems to set up so...more
Ahh... "Grave Peril". My opinion keeps bouncing around all over the place whenever I think about this one. The book is laden with a bunch of really good, and a bunch of... not so good.
The writing remains entertaining, the plot really picks up, and in many ways I see "Grave Peril" as the doorway to the real heart of the Dresden Files, the stuff that has made me such a loyal fan of the series.
This book introduces two characters I'm very fond of, Thomas and Michael. I won't go into much detail ab...more
The writing remains entertaining, the plot really picks up, and in many ways I see "Grave Peril" as the doorway to the real heart of the Dresden Files, the stuff that has made me such a loyal fan of the series.
This book introduces two characters I'm very fond of, Thomas and Michael. I won't go into much detail ab...more
I confess to a love-hate relationship with this installment of the Dresden Files.
On the one hand, we get lots of vampiric goodness (well, mostly evilness), as Harry gets drawn into vengeance and political games amongst the various courts (White, Red, Black) of the vampires. Plus, we get more ghosts, including some that are doing very bad things to some good people. Plus we learn more about Harry's godmother and various other factions in the Nevernever. And we get holy knight Michael Carpenter an...more
On the one hand, we get lots of vampiric goodness (well, mostly evilness), as Harry gets drawn into vengeance and political games amongst the various courts (White, Red, Black) of the vampires. Plus, we get more ghosts, including some that are doing very bad things to some good people. Plus we learn more about Harry's godmother and various other factions in the Nevernever. And we get holy knight Michael Carpenter an...more
Jim Butcher keeps the action moving in Grave Peril the third book of his series on the Chicago Wizard, Harry Dresden. Overall, the novel is a fun read with that particular mixture of urban fantasy and mystery which I haven't really seen in any other fantasy writer.
One of the more enjoyable aspects of this book is the introduction of a few new characters. For instance the knight, Michael Carpenter, enriches the mythological tapestry of his storyworld. Most fantasy which tackles ancient mythologi...more
One of the more enjoyable aspects of this book is the introduction of a few new characters. For instance the knight, Michael Carpenter, enriches the mythological tapestry of his storyworld. Most fantasy which tackles ancient mythologi...more
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A martial arts enthusiast whose resume includes a long list of skills rendered obsolete at least two hundred years ago, Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives in Independence, Missouri, with his wife, his son, and a ferocious guard dog.
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“Holy shit," I breathed. "Hellhounds."
"Harry," Michael said sternly. "You know I hate it when you swear."
"You're right. Sorry. Holy shit," I breathed, "heckhounds.”
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"Harry," Michael said sternly. "You know I hate it when you swear."
"You're right. Sorry. Holy shit," I breathed, "heckhounds.”
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