Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 25, 2010 Literary Ames rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: male-authors, read-in-2010, 1st-in-series, libricide, reading-experiments, series-abandoned, urban-fantasy, magic-users, audiobooks, itunes

After hearing so many good things about this audiobook, I decided to download it to my iPod. I loved James Marsters in Buffy and Angel so I thought this was the perfect book to get me started in this format.

Well, James Marsters was brilliant he really made an effort to bring this book to life with different voices, inflections etc. However this is the only good thing I can say about it. Harry was a moron, he may have had magical skill but little common sense. If you risk your life in your job w ...more

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Aug 26, 2009 Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, favorites, books-i-own, not-manga, can-i-live-in-this-book, 2012, male-lead, reviewed, 4-stars, 2014

So far I'm really liking this style of writing. It's completely different from reading a female author's perspective for obvious reasons. I haven't run into any nasty over dramatized romance.
I honestly wasn't even expecting a male protagonist. I did like the character Harry Dresden. He was honest, simple, and at times lacking on common sense.
Bob the skull, Mister, and Murphy are all excellent characters. There were plenty of action scenes, and I loved the battle with the toad demon.
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Jun 17, 2009 DarkHeart "Vehngeance" rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, audiobooks, a-jim_butcher, witch-wizard-sorceror

I enjoyed this first Dresden novel. Having heard so many negative reviews about the first book in the series, I wasn't sure what to expect. No, it wasn't the best book ever, but it was entertaining. I'll admit though that I imagine my enjoyment of the book was greatly enhanced by James Marsters' narration. He's got a brilliant voice and played the various parts very well. We've even got a bit of "Spike" in the form of Bob. I'd listen to him read the yellow pages, but thankfully I've got the next ...more

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Feb 19, 2010 Ashley rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-themed, fantasy, series

I did enjoy this first Dresden Files book. The only bits I didn't like where the casual narrator speaking to the reader. I think those kinds of elements take away from the story, make you aware that you're reading a story, versus letting yourself go and melting into the story as if you're some entity just looking in on the happenings. I'd be curious to read more in the series.

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