Ostara Hollyoak answers “I heard that Dresden files is little slow...”

Grenador asked this question about Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1):

I heard that Dresden files is little slow and less deep in the starting books.Read the first book 2 yrs ago but just left it because it looked like any other urban fantasy. I want to start the series again. From which book it gets really good. If its like 3 to 4 books I can give more time to soak up the initial stories and then be ready for one hell of a ride.

Ostara Hollyoak It's been a while since I read the first books of this series, and I have a very strong impression in my mind, but the details are fuzzy. What I'm rem…moreIt's been a while since I read the first books of this series, and I have a very strong impression in my mind, but the details are fuzzy. What I'm remembering is that I enjoyed the early books, but started, after a few books, to feel like the tires were spinning in a rut, and I considered dropping the series. But I went on to the next book and-- lo and behold-- Jim Butcher had finally gotten the knack of writing a series (or, maybe his particular knack). Series, of course, are tough, because you don't develop the characters the same way you do in the arc of a stand alone book. Each of these early books was pretty fun in and of itself, but the personal lives of the characters weren't moving in the course of them, which produced this feeling of spinning wheels. Eventually Butcher got to the point where he was... well, not exactly developing the characters (the way you would in a good stand alone novel), but moving their lives along. The trouble is, I can't, at this point, remember exactly where, in the series this began-- somewhere between books 4 and 7, but I can't pinpoint it better than that. After that, I was always itching to get to the next book.(less)

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