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Grave Peril (The Dresden Files #3)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
Chicago's finest wizard-for-hire, Harry Dresden, faces the toughest foe of his career: the ghost of an evil wizard, who invades people's nightmares -- and uses other ghosts as lethal weapons...
Mass Market Paperback, 436 pages
Published
September 4th 2001
by Roc
(first published September 1st 2001)
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Regina
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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 a...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 a...more
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S.A. Parham
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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 ...more
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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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."...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."...more
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 Butch...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 p...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 p...more
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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 th...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 th...more
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.
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. ...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. ...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 start...more
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 start...more
Aack! Goodread's short synopsis gives away a major plot point. Sigh. C'mon, guys... It wasn't that big of a surprise, but you could've been a little more discreet.
I'm working my way through the Dresden Files, beginning to end. This was a pretty good installment. One thing I'll hand to Mr. Butcher, he doesn't mind beating up his heroes and recurring characters. Big changes happen for Dresden and his girlfriend Susan. I also like that his characters have pasts that Mr. Butcher doesn't ...more
I'm working my way through the Dresden Files, beginning to end. This was a pretty good installment. One thing I'll hand to Mr. Butcher, he doesn't mind beating up his heroes and recurring characters. Big changes happen for Dresden and his girlfriend Susan. I also like that his characters have pasts that Mr. Butcher doesn't ...more
I wanted to read these Dresden Files books in secret, so that no one would know I was reading them. No one could say that I was jumping on a bandwagon or think that because I was reading them that I didn't know who Nabokov was or that I had just seen the TV show on a rerun on SyFy and ran out to get my hands on them or... well, or that I liked them.
And I didn't. I hated the first book I read, Turncoat. I thought it was smarmy and smirking and oftentimes even condescending. I have tro...more
And I didn't. I hated the first book I read, Turncoat. I thought it was smarmy and smirking and oftentimes even condescending. I have tro...more
I'm starting to see a pattern with this series of books. Harry gets in trouble, has a mental break down, Harry faces problem, finds insane amounts of power and solves said problem.
Almost, ALMOST, deus ex machina.
Almost.
That's the tricky thing with magic users, especially ones that carry a crap ton of power, it's hard to keep throwing things at them that make it feel like they are in danger. And no amount of "I wanted to fall to my knees, a voice gibbering insanely in my head...more
Almost, ALMOST, deus ex machina.
Almost.
That's the tricky thing with magic users, especially ones that carry a crap ton of power, it's hard to keep throwing things at them that make it feel like they are in danger. And no amount of "I wanted to fall to my knees, a voice gibbering insanely in my head...more
Harry Dresden returns in another Urban Fantasy Mystery. This time, ghosts are running amok, causing chaos and killing people and similar shenanigans. Harry must go out with his new side-kick, Michael a Knight of the Cross, and stop this sudden tidal wave of deadly ghost activity.
Following the exhausting and dangerous trail finds that someone is tormenting and manipulating these ghosts raising them and encouraging them to spread their havoc – and further, in doing so they are thinn...more
Harry Dresden (Potter) and the Deus Ex Machina.
Book three of the Dresden files series went a lot smoother than Full Moon. And I would have to say that this book could benefit from another extra hundred pages but not for the stereotypical reasons.
Things were unveiling at a wonderful pace for the first two hundred pages that made it seem more like 75. But in a furied (past tense verb use of the noun 'fury') attempt to work everything together, shit just kept on happening. ...more
Book three of the Dresden files series went a lot smoother than Full Moon. And I would have to say that this book could benefit from another extra hundred pages but not for the stereotypical reasons.
Things were unveiling at a wonderful pace for the first two hundred pages that made it seem more like 75. But in a furied (past tense verb use of the noun 'fury') attempt to work everything together, shit just kept on happening. ...more
Jim Butcher just keeps adding layers upon layers to Harry Dresden. With every book in this series, a little more of Harry’s background is revealed and a lot more is hinted at. And new characters are introduced who are just…awesome. And he doesn’t just do it with the characters in this story – he keeps adding layers to the environment, the universe of Dresden. But the lovely fact is that Harry himself doesn’t change, you really feel like this is a developing friendship, you simply get to know him...more
Wow. This book is a definite step up from the previous two, and I don't know why. There is just more excitement, more danger and more tension. It was the first book of the three I have read so far that I was worried for the main characters (ofc not Harry), which was a definite plus in my eyes.
I would love to give this a 4 1/2 star rating to set it above the previous two, but on this website it seems you can't do anything in half measures. Shame. Four it is.
Despite enjoying i...more
I would love to give this a 4 1/2 star rating to set it above the previous two, but on this website it seems you can't do anything in half measures. Shame. Four it is.
Despite enjoying i...more
Sigh. I'm tired of plot lines always presenting themselves where Dresden gets his powers taken away and has to get himself out of serious trouble in a weakened state. I'd like to see him at full power for once when he goes into a fight.
This installment of the Dresden Files is definitely darker than the first two, and introduces some interesting characters. On the other hand, there are the usual handy-dandy-just-happened-to-know-he-needed-them spells, the drawn out battle scenes,...more
This installment of the Dresden Files is definitely darker than the first two, and introduces some interesting characters. On the other hand, there are the usual handy-dandy-just-happened-to-know-he-needed-them spells, the drawn out battle scenes,...more
I recently picked up the Dresden Files books on the recommendation of everyone I’ve ever met who likes reading. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but it sure seemed like it. Everywhere I went, every time books came up as a topic, people would say “Oh! You should read the Dresden Files.” Amazon recommended it to me and so did Good Reads.
So, when I got my credit from Audible, I picked it up. For the sake of full disclosure, I have listened to the entire series thus far on Audible. James Mars...more
So, when I got my credit from Audible, I picked it up. For the sake of full disclosure, I have listened to the entire series thus far on Audible. James Mars...more
I have mixed feelings on this third edition in the Dresden Files. There were elements I really liked, and then there were elements that drove me crazy. I'm not going to recap the previous stories as there are numerous books in the series and that would get to be a book in itself.
Harry Dresden is a wizard. Not the kind that does cheap magic tricks, but an actual wizard who casts spells and performs other feats of magic, and he just so happens to be listed in the telephone book, but no p...more
Harry Dresden is a wizard. Not the kind that does cheap magic tricks, but an actual wizard who casts spells and performs other feats of magic, and he just so happens to be listed in the telephone book, but no p...more
Hey Dresden Files,
Listen. I know my trusted friends set us up, and they have really good taste and usually know what I like, but it's just not going to work out between us. I like awesome, interesting female characters, and while I will give you that Murphy is awesome, the rest aren't cutting it for me. (Never mind that every time a female character DOES show up, no matter how dire the peril, Harry makes sure to describe the precise way whatever she's wearing cups her breasts. If she i...more
Listen. I know my trusted friends set us up, and they have really good taste and usually know what I like, but it's just not going to work out between us. I like awesome, interesting female characters, and while I will give you that Murphy is awesome, the rest aren't cutting it for me. (Never mind that every time a female character DOES show up, no matter how dire the peril, Harry makes sure to describe the precise way whatever she's wearing cups her breasts. If she i...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 vamp...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 vamp...more
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Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. It comes with the territory when you're the only professional wizard in the Chicago area phone book. But in all Harry's years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone loco. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble - and not just of the door-slamming, boo-shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly....more
After the first two books I was like there is absolutely no way that Jim Butcher can put poor our poor wizard, Harry Dresden, through anymore abuse and near death experiences without, well, just killing him. Needless to say, I was wrong. I am not sure we even make it through a dozen pages before ghosts start hurtling the wizard through the air into a fiery inferno. Good stuff.
In Grave Peril, ghosts are haunting amok in Chicago. But what has the supernatural world in such a dangerous ti...more
In Grave Peril, ghosts are haunting amok in Chicago. But what has the supernatural world in such a dangerous ti...more
Grave Peril got me slightly more interested in the series again -- I didn't care that much about Fool Moon: I was still interested in the series, but I wanted something new. This book introduced new things -- a wider plot, one hopes, with a war beginning, and certainly new characters and concepts. My favourite of these was Michael, the Fist of God. I'm drawn to characters who have a lot of faith (not necessarily in God: in anything), and it's also interesting the way he has a family and a suppor...more
Yes another walk through Dresden's neighborhood, which is mostly Chicago, which is coincidentally enough my neighborhood. This brisk jaunt is chock full of dames, vengeful ghosts, demons, vampires (and I'm not talking the glittery kind), magical swords, dimensions unknown to mortals, and general mayhem, which is always a good time when it's coming by way of J.B. Grave Peril actually might be full of too much stuff, people get kidnapped, things that go bump in the night bump, things get blown up,...more
“It only takes a couple of these rough little episodes of life to teach a man a certain amount of cynicism. Once a rogue wizard or three has tried to end your life, or some berserk hexenwolves have worked really hard to have your throat torn out, you start to expect the worst. In fact, if the worst doesn't happen, you find yourself somewhat disappointed.”
"Storm Front" gave us wizards, vampires, and our first demon and faery. "Fool Moon" added werewolves to the mix. ...more
"Storm Front" gave us wizards, vampires, and our first demon and faery. "Fool Moon" added werewolves to the mix. ...more
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