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This is probably one of the saddest Dresden books thus far, but proves that Butcher is not enamored of his character and can let him evolve through strife as well as success. Harry's quest to seek out what is torturing ghosts leads him to various dead ends before he finally puts the puzzle pieces together (nice of the police and Susan to withhold that information for him for so long). The vampires re-emerge in the series, and I love that Butcher's vampires aren't really human at all. He does a m
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I finally remembered why I dropped the series with this book the first time around. I just couldn't handle everybody's stupidity, especially Harry's and Susan's. Harry was brash where he should have stood down (see the first encounter with Kyle and his sister) and meek where he should have been decisive (see the incident with Agatha Hagglethorne). And Susan, journalist or not, when a wizard tells you vampires are dangerouns, you FRICKIN' LISTEN! God, I got so, so angry at both of them because ha
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Harry is leaving his office for the day when a girl comes in wanting his protection. He agrees and finds out there is much more involved than he thought and he and his friends are in extremem danger.
Demons, Vampires, Ghosts.... I really enjoy this series
Demons, Vampires, Ghosts.... I really enjoy this series
Book 3 in the Dresden Files universe.
I'm not really sure how to feel about this book. On the one hand, this is the most interesting story so far. The fights with the ghosts, vampires and fae were fast paced, nail-bitting and gut-wreanging. On the other hand, this book was filled with typos, mcguffins and some pretty truly terrible dialogue. It seems like Butcher went into his notebook of ideas and took things out at random and slapped a story around them. Things seemingly come out of nowhere, w ...more
I'm not really sure how to feel about this book. On the one hand, this is the most interesting story so far. The fights with the ghosts, vampires and fae were fast paced, nail-bitting and gut-wreanging. On the other hand, this book was filled with typos, mcguffins and some pretty truly terrible dialogue. It seems like Butcher went into his notebook of ideas and took things out at random and slapped a story around them. Things seemingly come out of nowhere, w ...more
Michael is a great new character.
Book three of the Dresden Files. Really dark and spooky. Poor Harry, lost loves and all that.
It was Great! Once again, Dear Harry Dresden, our beloved wizard who must fight with vampires and solves the mystery of a Nightmare ...
Jul 30, 2007
Jessifanfic
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C.E.
marked it as to-read
