Chris's review of Storm Front
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1) by Jim Butcher
I was warned when I bought this book back in May that I would regret not buying all of the Dresden File books, and I was warned right.
It's actually very similar to another addictive series, the Nightside books by Simon R. Green, which I have profiled previously. They have a lot of common points - first person narratives by lone-wolf investigators who possess a vast amount of supernatural power which they're afraid to use. They have mysterious and tortured pasts which haunt them to this day and neither of them gets along well with authority. They both have a lot of trouble keeping relationships.... And so on. To be fair, Butcher has the head start - this book was published in 2000, and the first Nightside book was published in 2003.
Not to imply that Green stole from Butcher, heavens no. But they've both latched on a very compelling character template, one that's interesting both to write and read. And there certainly are...more
It's actually very similar to another addictive series, the Nightside books by Simon R. Green, which I have profiled previously. They have a lot of common points - first person narratives by lone-wolf investigators who possess a vast amount of supernatural power which they're afraid to use. They have mysterious and tortured pasts which haunt them to this day and neither of them gets along well with authority. They both have a lot of trouble keeping relationships.... And so on. To be fair, Butcher has the head start - this book was published in 2000, and the first Nightside book was published in 2003.
Not to imply that Green stole from Butcher, heavens no. But they've both latched on a very compelling character template, one that's interesting both to write and read. And there certainly are...more
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