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Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher - October 2024
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Jun 10, 2013
Mary Catelli
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Introducing Harry Dresden. (Comments about hindsight from the rest of the series at the end.)
But here we have Dresden, who advertises in the Yellow Pages under Wizards, and is really short on cash. He gets a call from a woman whose husband has gone missing, and then the police call him in a murder.
An obviously magical murder. While he has a doom hanging over his head, because he killed a man with magic -- prohibited -- and had no evidence except his own word that it was in self-defense, and the ...more
But here we have Dresden, who advertises in the Yellow Pages under Wizards, and is really short on cash. He gets a call from a woman whose husband has gone missing, and then the police call him in a murder.
An obviously magical murder. While he has a doom hanging over his head, because he killed a man with magic -- prohibited -- and had no evidence except his own word that it was in self-defense, and the ...more
This is an urban fantasy where a Chicago wizard is brought into a police investigation to catch a serial killer that uses magic to kill his victims...what will they think of next.
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Feels so good to read a book I just simply enjoy. Storm Front is one of those books that anyone can enjoy.
Good story
*3.5 stars*
Unfinished. Will probably finish later on once I've picked up the guts to even glance at this book. This one just... it was just too much like Etiquette & Espionage for me to deal with. Which makes it a longer read because of the way the story is presented.
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Imagine: Harry Potter become a P.I.
But It's world apart different... I just came with thay thought since the protagonist here share the same name... Really enjoyed this!
Full review to follow. ...more
But It's world apart different... I just came with thay thought since the protagonist here share the same name... Really enjoyed this!
Full review to follow. ...more
I did not get very far in this book because not only could I not stand the protagonist but also how the author wrote about women. It was disgustingly sexist.
Jul 18, 2015
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