A sensational addition to the "Dresden Files" adventures-from a "USA Today" bestselling author. Professional wizard Harry Dresden is investigating ...
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Sep 29, 2008
Michael
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The ninth Harry Dresden novel is the series riches and most densely plotted to date--and the first in the series I can't recommend to someone coming to the series cold.
Not that this is a bad thing. It's a great thing for readers of the Dresden Files. While Jim Butcher does deliver payoffs and resolutions in his previous eight books, here in "White Night" he steps that up a notch, bringing back old friends and enemies to Harry Dresden's world all while building on several More...
Not that this is a bad thing. It's a great thing for readers of the Dresden Files. While Jim Butcher does deliver payoffs and resolutions in his previous eight books, here in "White Night" he steps that up a notch, bringing back old friends and enemies to Harry Dresden's world all while building on several More...
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Dec 28, 2009
Grey
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The ongoing story of Harry Dresden does not get better in the ninth book. The consistencies in the mechanics and the competence of characters get very iffy here.
But well, it's the world which revolves around Harry. (Is it a trend, like in that Rowling series, to have prima donna protagonists, around which all things move, be named "Harry"?)
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But well, it's the world which revolves around Harry. (Is it a trend, like in that Rowling series, to have prima donna protagonists, around which all things move, be named "Harry"?)
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Mar 08, 2008
Seth
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Basically more of the same from Butcher. If you like the series, this one is an enjoyable entry: nice set-piece action, almost no character development (on Harry, that is; his apprentice Molly is growing up quite a bit), and a complex interaction between several people's independent plots for our wizard-cum-P.I. to unravel.
This book focuses a lot of Thomas, Harry's vampire half-brother, as Harry and Thomas try to keep one another alive, use one another to further their own interests, More...
This book focuses a lot of Thomas, Harry's vampire half-brother, as Harry and Thomas try to keep one another alive, use one another to further their own interests, More...
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Jun 08, 2007
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A lot of people have called this the best of the series. I think I know why. This is what I call a 'Pay Off' book. Butcher has spent 8 books weaving small details of a larger plot together. Never have I felt unsatisfied by the small bits of information Dresden puts together, but it's nice to have a small pittance of the questions that have come up finally answered.
That's not to say it's not awesome without it, but there's something infinitively satisfying about getting answers, even More...
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Mar 02, 2009
Bethany
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One of the best so far. The writing has improved a great deal from book 1 to here. I am totally enamored with this crazy, rebellious, do-good wizard!
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Aug 09, 2011
It's been awhile since I read the previous book in the series and I forgot just how awesome this series was. Once more we join Harry Dresden, the only wizard detective in Chicago, as he experiences yet another series of bad days. Once again Butcher has outdone himself! The book was extremely addicting and hard to put down. I found myself going deep into the night just to inch closer to the ending. In White Night, the ninth installment of the Dresden Files, we see Harry racing against time to fin
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Jul 08, 2010
Minh
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I'm a big Jim Butcher fan. At first the appeal was simply because he'd gone and written a series about a wizard named Harry (tehehe), but I just get more and more impressed by his world building. He's written a 9 book long series that shows no sign of ending any time soon, but the characters have grown during this time and haven't fallen into any of the traps that a lot of female paranormal writers seem to fall into.
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Dec 28, 2008
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Ninth Dresden Files book (click author link for the first eight) in which Harry begins investigating the deaths of a number of local small-time magical practitioners and, say it ain’t so!, ends up in the middle of a massive vampire power struggle with wide-ranging implications for the continuing war.
I’m almost tempted to re-skim Storm Front, the first book in the series, just for the purpose of enjoying how much Butcher’s talent has grown. His writing is smoother (if not, you know, p More...
I’m almost tempted to re-skim Storm Front, the first book in the series, just for the purpose of enjoying how much Butcher’s talent has grown. His writing is smoother (if not, you know, p More...
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Nov 12, 2011
Patrick
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My friend Julie has the wonderful habit of previewing podcasts and reviewing books by summarizing them in telegraphic style, leading with the prepositions you'd hear if you walked in on her in mid-summary.
It's a useful device that I'm going to borrow for "White Night," because this is a novel in which Jim Butcher gives us not only combat magic and life lessons, but also political intrigue, new insights into most of the characters in the Dresden Files series, and -- importa More...
It's a useful device that I'm going to borrow for "White Night," because this is a novel in which Jim Butcher gives us not only combat magic and life lessons, but also political intrigue, new insights into most of the characters in the Dresden Files series, and -- importa More...
Aug 31, 2011
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Magical practitioners are dying. Not Wizards, not members of the White Council, but lesser talents are dying not just in Chicago but across the US – their deaths a series of tragic suicides. Harry's looking to find out who and why – and whether his brother is involved or not.
Caught up by White Court machinations he also finds himself further enmeshed in the vampire politics behind the war. To complicate matters, he also has to balance teaching his new apprentice, the machinations of La More...
Caught up by White Court machinations he also finds himself further enmeshed in the vampire politics behind the war. To complicate matters, he also has to balance teaching his new apprentice, the machinations of La More...
Jan 26, 2011
Melissa
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Another fabulous edition to the Dresden Files. This one seemed to be very fast paced but still exciting as a whole. I'm not going to bother recapping the rest of the series as there are simply too many books for that. There's only one important thing really; Harry Dresden is a wizard.
As a Warden for the White Council of wizards and longtime PI in Chicago, Harry makes it his business to protect people. This time, someone is hitting close to home. A rash of suicides isn't all it appears More...
As a Warden for the White Council of wizards and longtime PI in Chicago, Harry makes it his business to protect people. This time, someone is hitting close to home. A rash of suicides isn't all it appears More...
Oct 04, 2010
Jeff
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I'm finding that I read each installment in this series a bit quicker than the last, which may be that they are getting better or that I'm saving time by skimming over the backstory that gets repeated each time. I'm hooked at any rate. In White Knight, Dresden again finds himself in a position of not being able to totally trust anyone (even himself) as family, former lovers, white council members and inner demons create murky circumstances surrounding the serial murders of several minor-league w
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Oct 02, 2010
Johnny
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In the sequel to Proven Guilty, Harry Dresden continues to walk the tightrope between authority and personal responsibility. His latest project (the rebellious teenager from Proven Guilty) has a few drawbacks, but it is nothing compared to his fears for his brother, Thomas, and the sudden appearance of a former lover. In fact, the appearance of the former lover leads to further tension in the authority versus responsibility aspect. Does Harry follow the protocols demanded by the council or follo
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Jun 24, 2009
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May 01, 2010
Cathy
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Typical nonstop action. Lots of good Mouse scenes. Harry has really grown up, between the pressures of the war and the constant action in Chicago, plus the demon in his head. He doesn't hesitate the way he used to, and doesn't cry afterward. But he's still trying to do the right thing. Anyway, lots of interesting politics and laying out of story for the future, as usual. And wrapping up some things from the past that I'd forgotten about. Butcher is a master weaver.
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Jan 22, 2010
Chris
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White Night is an acceptable installment of the Dresden Files. Some plot threads are tied up, some are advanced and a few new ones are introduced. The humor is always intact. It would be true to say that certain plot threads and their endings are quite obvious, but others are less so. Sadly, I still found Molly to be simply annoying.
I think, however, my reaction to this book is based on something that I’ve slowly picked up on over the course of the series.
Harry is surroun More...
I think, however, my reaction to this book is based on something that I’ve slowly picked up on over the course of the series.
Harry is surroun More...
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Oct 12, 2011
Craig
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White Night ranks with Summer Knight as the best book in the series, it is also the first one that wouldn’t make sense if you haven’t read the preceding books. Butcher manages to re-find the balance between adventure-fantasy and mystery he had in Dead Beat but lost in Proven Guilty. It has taken 9 books but Butcher finally assumes you know all the characters and forgoes introductions. I imagine people who read this a year after Proven Guilty had to check Wikipedia every now and then to remember
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Jun 20, 2009
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Aug 21, 2008
Latharia
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This book was wonderful in that it tied up all kinds of loose ends from the previous books in the series! There was less focus on the immediate "whodunnit" element of the storyline, which made it very different from the previous books, and more on setting the stage for future books. I look forward to reading Small Favor when it's out in paperback! I'll just go put that on my holiday wishlist!
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Aug 29, 2007
Dracolibris
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I would beg you to tell me this series has NOT reached its final publication (so far) but it wouldn't do any good. Butcher has gotten me hopelessly hooked on his characters and the story arcs that follow them, and I am not ashamed to say I will be anticipating the next Dresden book as much as any other fangirl out there. These books have kept me entertained all year, and I don't want to let go.
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Aug 06, 2011
Quanjun
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In White Night, I really worry about Harry. Not the usual where I would like to thump him just so he would take a nap instead of limping with a headache and who knows how many more injuries through Chicago trying to fry bad guys before he kill himself. But worry for his ... well soul? Harry shows very scary signs of having gone to the proverbial dark side in this book. Not like he's suddenly drinking buddies with the bad guys, but he has this anger that has pushed everyone but Mouse and Murphy a
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Apr 01, 2010
Sandi
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After a disappointing experience with Proven Guilty, I'm delighted to say that White Night brings back the elements that made the previous Dresden Files novels so enjoyable. There's a good mystery with lots of wrong turns that ends climatically with a lot of explosions. I especially like how this novel explored the differences in the types of magic that that wizards in Harry's world are good at. Harry, Molly, Elaine, and Ramirez all have very different styles of magic and have to use their st
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Jan 29, 2012
Forgotten Realms Queen
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Fans of Harry Dresden who have been following along with the series have got to pick up this book. It is so completely awesome.
I could not put this book down for the life of me. Usually Dresden books take me a few days to finish what with the usual day-to-day that has to be done, but I basically put my life on hold to devour this book it was just that good.
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I could not put this book down for the life of me. Usually Dresden books take me a few days to finish what with the usual day-to-day that has to be done, but I basically put my life on hold to devour this book it was just that good.
I have always enjoyed the series, but since a friend has been steadily feeding them to me, I have been undecided as t More...
Nov 05, 2010
Mary
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The best Harry Dresden so far. Really good. I listened to it on audio and didn't want to stop listening even to sleep. Also didn't want it to end. How's that for good?
In White Night, someone is murdering witches in Chicago, and Harry steps in to find out who and why. While doing so, he goes up against the White Court vamps, some of whom are trying to take down the White Court King (actually Queen, but...oh, never mind).
Harry's really grown into his power and become th More...
In White Night, someone is murdering witches in Chicago, and Harry steps in to find out who and why. While doing so, he goes up against the White Court vamps, some of whom are trying to take down the White Court King (actually Queen, but...oh, never mind).
Harry's really grown into his power and become th More...
May 04, 2009
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Nov 03, 2010
Rita
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Good book. Fast paced as always. But it was a cetain scene that really spoke to me...
Lasciel (the fallen angel that dwells in Dresden's mind) speaks with Dresden about his apprentice Molly. She expresses doubt that his efforts to teach Molly some important lessons in wisdom will work. Lasciel thinks that who Molly is is already set in stone.
Dresden says that what she's done does not determine her future. She always has free choice. It's a beautiful thought. It's an encour More...
Lasciel (the fallen angel that dwells in Dresden's mind) speaks with Dresden about his apprentice Molly. She expresses doubt that his efforts to teach Molly some important lessons in wisdom will work. Lasciel thinks that who Molly is is already set in stone.
Dresden says that what she's done does not determine her future. She always has free choice. It's a beautiful thought. It's an encour More...
Jul 19, 2011
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Nov 12, 2009
Cameron
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Who do the lesser magical powers turn to when threatened? One would hope they would seek the counsel of their local Warden, Harry Dresden, but then why do they flee from him, throw protective wards up against him, and send him nasty scowls? It couldn't be his oh-so-charming demeanor and highly evolved sense of humor, could it?
Not only must Harry untangle the web of deceit pinning a string of apparent suicides to his doing, figure out if the real killer is one of his nearest and dea More...
Not only must Harry untangle the web of deceit pinning a string of apparent suicides to his doing, figure out if the real killer is one of his nearest and dea More...
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Aug 25, 2011
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Butcher has created such a vibrantly alive universe full of lore based on mythology and lore easy to recognize yet recreated by Butcher in such an original and charismatic way it is impossible for one to refer to any character or creature as stereotypical. He has built a system of the laws of magic so thoroughly fleshed out and logical it is easy to believe magic is real. And who doesn't love a wise-cracking Private-Eye . . . who just happens to be a 6 1/2 foot tall ass-kicking wizard.
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Jul 11, 2011
John
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If you like mystery, super-charged action and fantasy mixed with humor and pop-culture references, then the Dresden Files are for you. The series focuses on a Chicago gumshoe, Harry Dresden, who just so happens to be the only wizard listed in the Chicago phone book.
I imagine Harry as a magically charged Jim Rockford (of the TV show Rockford Files fame) or Indiana Jones. He somehow always gets beat up, outwits the bad guys, almost gets the girl, solves the mystery and saves the day. Sti More...
I imagine Harry as a magically charged Jim Rockford (of the TV show Rockford Files fame) or Indiana Jones. He somehow always gets beat up, outwits the bad guys, almost gets the girl, solves the mystery and saves the day. Sti More...
