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The Dresden Files, Book 1
by Jim Butcher
Harry is a wizard; but this isn't Harry
Potter and in the words of straight-talking PI Harry Dresden "this
ain't no kid's story". He gets called in when the Chicago PD is stumped,
and is the only one of his kind around. This is not the case with
supernatural activity though, and in this his first case Harry has
to deal with a gruesome double murder committed by somebody well versed
in the dark arts. To find out whodunit he will have to trawl through
Chicago's seedy and dangerous underbelly replete with gangsters...most
of whom aren't even human.
If you liked Buffy and are up for more supernatural
shenanigans then this might fit your bill. Harry narrates the story
himself in a film noir gumshoe style, and tangles with vampires,
fairies, demons and the White Council. This is quite a fast-paced
tale which would make a good TV series, but I did have a problem
with the book's split personality. On the one hand there are ghastly
murders, black magic, hoodlums and vampires and it is all very dark
and edgy, adult stuff. Then there are fairies eating pizza and a
cute talking skull called Bob...the two just don't mix and I got
the strange sensation that I was reading two stories simultaneously.
This author needs to decide what kind of book he wants to write,
and then this series will settle down (there are six books in total)
to being one thing or the other.
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The Book |
Orbit
(Time Warner) |
September
2005 |
Paperback |
1841493988 |
Crime
- Contemporary, Chicago |
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Excerpt |
NOTE: Some violence |
The Reviewer |
Rachel
A Hyde |
Reviewed
2005 |
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