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Storm Front by Jim Butcher

22 reviews

maddierandolph's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Cursing, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Drug use

felixfue's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Urban Fantasy ziemlich gut geschrieben aber ich mochte den Hauptcharakter nicht. Bin mir noch nicht sicher, ob ich die Reihe weiterlesen möchte und Band 2 noch eine Chance gebe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Violence

nicosta_music's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

For a book coming off of my Anti-TBR list, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Storm Front. To get this book's glaring issue out of the way -- yes, main character Harry Dresden spends the first few chapters randomly mentioning how much he "respects" women while also being incredibly misogynistic. But honestly, some of his takes were so ridiculous that I thought it was hilarious. Like, come on:

 “Women are better at hating than men. They can focus it better, let it go better. Hell, witches are just plain meaner than wizards. This feels like feminine vengeance of some kind to me.” 

Comedic gold. No person grounded in reality says things like this. It's also extremely telling how the minute Harry

becomes mentally impaired a la concussion, he immediately starts sexually harassing every innocent female unfortunate enough to be within spitting distance.

 

Despite the weird misogyny and perviness that occasionally spewed from Harry's mouth, I thought he was a bit of an endearing character. He reminded me of a lot of my IRL guy friends -- sort of like the quiet, loser-type nerds who are actually chill when you get to know them (except my IRL guy friends grew out of the weird chauvinist attitudes).

The plot was fine. Nothing special, but I appreciate a mystery with magical elements. The way things always seemed to conveniently work out for Harry was also funny to me and kept me entertained. I'd recommend this book to anybody who think's they'd enjoy reading about an incel who lacks self-awareness bumbling his way through magic and crime scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Animal death, and Child death

tanman's review

funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is book has officially sold me on the Fantasy Genre. It is riveting from beginning to end. It doesn’t let up.
I only mark it down a star for being inappropriate at times and for a slightly lackluster ending. Still satisfying, just not at epic as i was hoping. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

jonwood's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This was more entertaining than it had the right be. Honestly was thinking 3 stars, but have to admit compared to other books I’ve read recently it kept me reading past when I’d normally stop. Guess the best description I have is a guilty pleasure. 

Given the length of the series, this book seems structured as a tv pilot to introduce the world and status quo that I expect to be shaken later. I will say, some of the magic descriptions I found tedious when he seemed to described the science of it, I’d rather things just be given rules of what can and can’t happen, don’t ask me to think critically about fantastical things, I’d prefer to accept they happen and think about the story instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Death, and Blood

The main character can be seen to fit in the mold of noir hard-boiled detective, and comes equipment with the causal sexism that character type often entails.

ejjay7's review

hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

High tension noir detective x  prodigious wizard outsider constantly battles sexy women and evil forces in 2000s Chicago 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Murder, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death

cosmicquokka's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, and Mental illness

bookcaptivated's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Sexual content

romamoody's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Storm Front is the first of a series about a wizard named Harry Dresden. In this book, Dresden must face off against a newbie wizard who understands little about his true potential, but knows enough to cause a lot of ruckus for Dresden. In an attempt to help a young damsel in distress, Harry puts himself into the fire, literally, to save the day, and stop the bad guy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Domestic abuse

daretocarebear's review

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Found the POV of the main character annoying.  Disliked a lot of past references but as it was the first book in the series, no explanation behind it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Domestic abuse