Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | Storm Front |
| author | Jim Butcher |
| ISBN-10 | 0-451-45781-1 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-451-45781-3 |
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| date | 2024-Apr-25 |
This is the first book in a new series. Harry Dresden is a wizard and a private investigator and a consultant to the police. When some peculiar deaths occur, lieutenant Karrin Murphy asks Dresden for help, because it very much looks like magic is involved. However, Harry is not very forthcoming with what he finds out. And he brings himself and also Karrin and some others into great danger.
This first book probably should establish a base for the books following in this series. However, it feels like the author is still very much experimenting with what his main character is supposed to be like. Should he be a mostly broke PI or a knowledgeable specialist? Is he a sloppy or a fabulous wizard? Is he more of an outcast or a respectable member of the magic community?
The book is easy enough to read and sufficiently interesting to keep you reading all the way to the end. However, it does not, in my opinion, make you want to grab the next book in the series immediately. The story and setting definitely do have potential for a good series, but it needs more certainty in the role of the main character in the following books.
If you do know the fabulous "Hollows" series by Kim Harrison, then you certainly should not expect anything as captivating and sophisticated as that from this first book in the Dresden Files series. It is not a bad book, but there is room for improvement.
