Dan’s review of Changes (The Dresden Files, #12) > Likes and Comments
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I, too, am glad to bid Cadbury eggs (aka: creme filled harbingers of increasing waist line) a fond farewell for another year. I also feel the same way about Dresden--I enjoy the books, but I definitely have to space them out. Reading one after the other would quickly end the enjoyment.
I used to like the quips but they've been overdone in the last couple books.
It was nice to see the vampire storyline come to something of a close and I liked that he brought stuff like Mab wanting him to be the Winter Knight and the holy swords back. The ending stung a bit since I've been wanting the Murphy hookup for years.
Can't say I disagree with you on any of the stated points, although I tend to rate more emotionally, (5 stars for me!) and Butcher's books are like crack (Cadbury eggs! ha!) When I'm reading them, I don't notice plot holes, shallow characters, repetitive story elements - I just have to read the damn thing as fast as I can. Sleep? what's that?
Stacey wrote: "Can't say I disagree with you on any of the stated points, although I tend to rate more emotionally, (5 stars for me!) and Butcher's books are like crack (Cadbury eggs! ha!) When I'm reading them, ..."
I enjoy the hell out of the Dresden books while I'm devouring them but when I have a chance to reflect, all the flaws stand out, much like the car ride home after a blockbuster movie. As much as I complain, I'm still going to get the next one when it comes out.
I wonder if the increase quips for this one (not the others which, really, had too many) were due to the darker nature of this book. I mean, without that levity ... we'd be talking about numerous characters going into a place knowing they were going to die and not caring. Without the quips, it's too much like suicide. With the quips, there's still a little hope, a little light. Maybe.
Gabriel wrote: "I wonder if the increase quips for this one (not the others which, really, had too many) were due to the darker nature of this book. I mean, without that levity ... we'd be talking about numerous ..."
The next one has even more quips than this one. I hate that I soured so much on this series in the last few years.
I know this is bumping an old conservation, but the "quips" are what I love about the Dresden Files. In almost any fantasy or fiction adventure tale, the main character seems to just get annoyingly frozen up and it feels like, from my point of view, that events just happen too fast for the MC to see. Harry's humor is a welcome relief from the norm...and I hope he keeps up the quips. :P
LaserWraith wrote: "I know this is bumping an old conservation, but the "quips" are what I love about the Dresden Files. In almost any fantasy or fiction adventure tale, the main character seems to just get annoyingl..."
They wore a little thin for me but I found them entertaining for a long time.
I loved Changes. the fact that he used a villain mentioned once before in an earlier book and made her the big bad was good. The final battle at Chichen Itza kicked ass.
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I, too, am glad to bid Cadbury eggs (aka: creme filled harbingers of increasing waist line) a fond farewell for another year. I also feel the same way about Dresden--I enjoy the books, but I definitely have to space them out. Reading one after the other would quickly end the enjoyment.
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I used to like the quips but they've been overdone in the last couple books. It was nice to see the vampire storyline come to something of a close and I liked that he brought stuff like Mab wanting him to be the Winter Knight and the holy swords back. The ending stung a bit since I've been wanting the Murphy hookup for years.
Can't say I disagree with you on any of the stated points, although I tend to rate more emotionally, (5 stars for me!) and Butcher's books are like crack (Cadbury eggs! ha!) When I'm reading them, I don't notice plot holes, shallow characters, repetitive story elements - I just have to read the damn thing as fast as I can. Sleep? what's that?
Stacey wrote: "Can't say I disagree with you on any of the stated points, although I tend to rate more emotionally, (5 stars for me!) and Butcher's books are like crack (Cadbury eggs! ha!) When I'm reading them, ..."I enjoy the hell out of the Dresden books while I'm devouring them but when I have a chance to reflect, all the flaws stand out, much like the car ride home after a blockbuster movie. As much as I complain, I'm still going to get the next one when it comes out.
I wonder if the increase quips for this one (not the others which, really, had too many) were due to the darker nature of this book. I mean, without that levity ... we'd be talking about numerous characters going into a place knowing they were going to die and not caring. Without the quips, it's too much like suicide. With the quips, there's still a little hope, a little light. Maybe.
Gabriel wrote: "I wonder if the increase quips for this one (not the others which, really, had too many) were due to the darker nature of this book. I mean, without that levity ... we'd be talking about numerous ..."The next one has even more quips than this one. I hate that I soured so much on this series in the last few years.
I know this is bumping an old conservation, but the "quips" are what I love about the Dresden Files. In almost any fantasy or fiction adventure tale, the main character seems to just get annoyingly frozen up and it feels like, from my point of view, that events just happen too fast for the MC to see. Harry's humor is a welcome relief from the norm...and I hope he keeps up the quips. :P
LaserWraith wrote: "I know this is bumping an old conservation, but the "quips" are what I love about the Dresden Files. In almost any fantasy or fiction adventure tale, the main character seems to just get annoyingl..."They wore a little thin for me but I found them entertaining for a long time.
I loved Changes. the fact that he used a villain mentioned once before in an earlier book and made her the big bad was good. The final battle at Chichen Itza kicked ass.
