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3.5 stars. I really enjoyed this book. It is not real deep, but it does not try to be. I does try to be extremely entertaining without being campy and I think it succeeds brilliantly. Excellent and highly recommended.
Started slow but the last 100 or so pages kept me reading until I finished. Harry Dresden is an interesting character as a magician detective. Some intereting side characters as well like Murphy the detecive and Bianca the vampiress.
This was fun, amusing and clever. Butcher leaves enough to the imagination about the way the arcane and the everyday interact and gives the reader just enough to understand the basic rules in this world he created. Thoroughly enjoyable.
I've seen some really negative criticism of the Dresden series, and it really isn't justified. It's not being written to be High Fiction or the World's Toughest Whodunit. It's lighter and more fun than either of those usually are, so if you set your expectations properly, you'll enjoy them just fine.
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Fun genre read. (or listen. Spike did a great job reading it). Entertaining with great humor
Really like 3.66 stars. A fun read about a wizard / detective in Chicago. Not as deep as I would have liked, and some of the characters were drawn a bit flat, but the plot moved along and there were moments of good writing throughout. Beats the pants off the other thriller (Pulse) that I read a few months ago. Like reading a good B movie.
Jul 11, 2008
Jeffrey
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