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Last read in October of 2012.
First read in December of 2007.

(So a week or so after saying I didn't like a tale of a magical war, I pick up a tale about a magical war. Go figure. The difference between my reaction, I guess, is that the death and destruction in Hallows is less graphic.)
(That, and all my favorite characters survived.) 

On my shelf.
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Labels: HarryPotter, JKRowling, OnMyShelf

// posted by John @ 8:10 PM 0 Comments

So I checked out the next Dresden Files book since it was already in the house and I had no good reason not to read it once I finished Peace Talks. As you might guess from the title, Harry goes to war. To put it succinctly, I didn't like it. Somewhere along the line, the Dresden Files stopped being fun. Or at least that's how I'm remembering it. I like action, even with a bit of death and destruction, as long as I get a happy ending and don't have to think too deeply about it afterwards. This book delivered on the former, but lacked the latter. The events in the story, like the ones in Changes, left scars in the characters and milieu of the series. Of course, that's a credit to Mr. Butcher, who is not writing some shallow comic book tale. Also to his credit, I enjoy his writing and the character of Harry Dresden so much that I will be checking out the next book in the series, because I need to know what happens next.

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Labels: CheckItOut, DresdenFiles, JimButcher

// posted by John @ 4:53 PM 0 Comments