Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Apr 12, 2014 Stormi (StormReads) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobook, urban-fantasy

Harry Dresden is fast becoming one of my favorite book characters. I listened to the first book a while back and I always wanted to get back into the books.

Harry is a Wizard and he investigates strange things that go on in the human world. He also helps Lt. Murphy when she comes upon a chase that is a bit to strange to understand. After what happened in the first book Dresden hasn’t heard anything from Murphy in a while and his job as been pretty dead.

Now there is a string of murders going on an Harry Dresden is fast becoming one of my favorite book characters. I listened to the first book a while back and I always wanted to get back into the books.

Harry is a Wizard and he investigates strange things that go on in the human world. He also helps Lt. Murphy when she comes upon a chase that is a bit to strange to understand. After what happened in the first book Dresden hasn’t heard anything from Murphy in a while and his job as been pretty dead.

Now there is a string of murders going on and what has happened to them just can’t be considered normal. Murphy ask Dresden to take a look and it leads him to werewolves. Murphy is not quick to forgive Dresden and she doesn’t trust him either, there are a lot of miss communication that goes on between these two.

Marcone wants to hire Dresden to look into who is killing his associates and it would be good money for Dresden. Dresden can’t stand Marcone but the killings are in line with what Murphy is working on. He still refuses to work with Marcone.

Dresden and Murphy are at odds through this whole book and she even arrest him a couple of times but he escapes. Dresden figures out that not all of the killings are due to the werewolf of the fool moon because some of the killings happened on nights that there was no full moon. He finds a group with wold pelts that can turn them into wolves.

It’s been a while since I listened to the first book in the Dresden files and I really enjoyed getting back to Harry Dresden. It was a little irritating that Dresden and Murphy were at odds through the whole book. Harry moaned a little to much about how it was all his fault, but it’s not like he has a lot of choice. If he tells her everything then the council could come after her but then again if he keeps her in the dark she could get killed, so he is not really in a win win situation where that is concerned.

Over all though I enjoyed Fool Moon but I do hope the next book is a little bit better. If you have never read The Dresden Files I think your missing out on a good series if you are into paranormal type books!

The Narrator

I love James Marster as Harry Dresden and I know a lot of people can’t stand his narrations. At first his heavy breathing, sighs, and other noises sort of bothered me. The longer I listened though to me it just became a part of Harry Dresden and now I think if I was to have someone else read it I won’t like it as much. I might be alone in this as I have seen several audio reviews that can’t stand Marster, but I find him to be okay. I have heard worse and I would rather listen to his heavy sigh that entertains me than a monotone speaker who bores me to sleep. ...more

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Apr 09, 2009 Meredith rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: scifi-fantasy, tv-movie

Not Jim Butcher's best, but still a solid read with some interesting new characters and a whole slew of werewolf fun. The story jumped around between a few different plot lines, which made it feel a little disjointed, however those plot points do eventually link up at the end.

"Fool Moon" has some very Harry Dresden moments throughout (like the insanely large amount of injuries he earns himself, for one, and his stubbornness and inability to simply let a thing go if giving up may result in someo ...more

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May 05, 2008 Aaron S rated it did not like it

Ok well, I've tried and tried to get into this series, and low and behold I just can't get through this torture. That may be harsh but it's just a boring and strung out story, and the narration is sometimes annoying. I know a lot of people love it, so good for you, I wish I could get into it. Also it took me like 5 days to read, and it shouldn't have taken me that long. ...more

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Aug 03, 2011 Dale Pearl rated it liked it

Book #2 in the Dresden series was just ok for me. I am wanting to finish the series but I am concerned that the story will lose the allure as the book series number increases. The entire story was interesting enough, however, the characters and plot were extremely predictable.

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May 02, 2008 Eva rated it really liked it

Shelves: sf-fantasy

There wolf, there castle. Heh, I do like how Butcher throws in inside jokes and doesn't explain them. I'm not sure I like how I get a lot of them. ...more

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