Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Apr 02, 2013 Chaitra rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: humor, part-of-a-series, fantasy, mystery, thriller, paranormal, supernatural, urban-fantasy, vampires

Well, this was a fun ride. I'm not sure what I was expecting beyond the recommendations of a good book. It was a good enough first book for me to want to read the next few books. I do know that the series started out as spoofs of the fantasy genre, so I'm not going to take the books seriously until I get an indication that it's growing out of spoof-dom.

Butcher's protagonist is a geek, and basically talks the way you'd expect a geek to talk. (This also explains why my husband is such a staunch s Well, this was a fun ride. I'm not sure what I was expecting beyond the recommendations of a good book. It was a good enough first book for me to want to read the next few books. I do know that the series started out as spoofs of the fantasy genre, so I'm not going to take the books seriously until I get an indication that it's growing out of spoof-dom.

Butcher's protagonist is a geek, and basically talks the way you'd expect a geek to talk. (This also explains why my husband is such a staunch supporter of the series. Hey, I rated it four stars, so there!) This occasionally means a juvenile sense of humor, which is fine. He also takes a firm out with something that I could easily quibble with - women. He makes his hero admit that he's a chauvinist, old fashioned, what have you. And he wonders why he no one dates him. Oh well, there's always the reporter that follows him around, Susan. He can count on her until she moves on to report in some non-magic related newspaper at least.

I accept that this was a first novel, and the main characters still need the time to develop. That plot was fun, although I did guess what was going on some time What sealed my favor was the fact that Dresden is owned by a 30 pound cat. Even though he insists on calling it by the complete pudding name of Mister. I'm silly that way. On to, whichever book is next!

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Apr 01, 2013 Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫ rated it liked it

Shelves: 2014-reads

3.5 stars. I went into this with high hopes and came down pretty quick. I liked the book and liked the premise, but for a first-in-series, I felt it was weak. Every fantasy author has a different set up for their magic and I just didn't feel like this was very well explained or expressed for most of the book. I found myself wishing Harry was a little less lame of a wizard. Either that or a stronger investigator. Things just kept falling into his lap and he spent more time talking himself in or o ...more

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Mar 16, 2015 Shannon rated it liked it

Shelves: something-witchy, library-book, fantasy, vampire, series, fiction

Not the greatest, but entertaining and pretty fun to read.

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Mar 26, 2014 Chris Torretta rated it it was amazing

Vampires, wizards, demons, OH MY!!

Well... I hate to admit this but the hubby was right! Actually I read this as book two for the book club but he kept insisting that I read this and I kept insisting that I didn't want to! I decided while I was working but needed to busy my mind as well, that I would start listening and within the first few sentences I was totally hooked! So much so that I'm contemplating buying book two like NOW.

Firstly, this is definitely paranormal. It is also a mystery seeing ...more

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Jul 22, 2024 Linda C rated it liked it

Harry Dresden, Wizard, is a consultant for the Chicago PD on cases involving the paranormal, though he has a tense relationship with them. He is also being watched by the White Council for possible use of dark magic. When a case of magical murders pits him against another would be Wizard and also the local mafia he has lots of ways he could die before solving the case. This was fantastical but not in the way Kate Daniels or Mercy Thompson. They are much better. This has a sort of noir feel to it ...more

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