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nicosta_music's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
In terms of Harry Dresden and his misogynistic tendencies, he seemed to chill out a bit in this book when compared to the previous ones. I've come to expect that he'll start out every book by explaining to the reader how much he respects women (he does not, he's actually just a chauvinist as multiple characters tell him so) but after his opening monologue he starts acting relatively normal. Funnily enough, in Grave Peril I actually got more of a sense of author Jim Butcher's own internal misogyny with
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Overall, I thought this book was a really interesting addition to The Dresden Files because it started to explore more of Harry's fatal flaw, in that he has a strong sense of justice and is determined to always save everyone no matter the cost to him. I'm excited to see how the themes and world-building that were set up in this book continue to play out across its following installments.
Graphic: Drug use, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Confinement, Medical content, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Gun violence, and Body horror
Minor: Death of parent, War, Addiction, and Self harm
yknight's review against another edition
First, the "man gaze" is just too much. Every single scene with any female character present has some description of her hips, legs, or breasts. Nothing graphic most of the time, but I'm tired of it.
Second, these books feel like Butcher is just setting up as many seemingly impossible to escape situations and then Harry magics himself out of it in an unforseen and unforeshadowed way. This book used "oh yeah have you heard of the headless horseman? Moving water makes stuff weak". It's just constantly pulling random stuff out of thin air to solve problems. Also the number of times that Dresden is described as having something happen to him that should outright kill him that he then just shrugs off is irritating.
I've heard the series gets better but it's just not for me.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Pregnancy
nymreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, and Torture
Moderate: Rape and Mental illness
sexualedward's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Misogyny, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gun violence, Sexism, Kidnapping, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder
Minor: Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Grief, Stalking, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, War, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, and Death of parent