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Storm Front by Jim Butcher

21 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

travisdabis's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Great book, excited to read more. The writing is a little bland at times but it's great when the characters voice shines through. Just a lovely modern (well, early 2000s) spin on noir detective and magic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual content, and Drug use

Minor: Addiction, Murder, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

phantompansy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

interesting and engaging, Butcher really commands the world he builds and the magic system makes sense and feels accessable as a reader. the solution to the crime was predictable and I spent the whole book waiting for the protagonist to catch up, but that's not really a fault of the book. I still can quite figure out if Harry was written to be a misogynistic asshole as a character flaw or if Harry's view of women was a product of the time it was written. curious to see how the series develops.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use and Sexism

Minor: Domestic abuse

hexe_19's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Drug abuse

nila's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Domestic abuse

necroplasm's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

normally i quite enjoy grizzled sarcastic messy bitch detectives like harry dresden, but good LORD is this man constantly in need of a cold shower, it feels like for at least half the book every time a female character is in the scene he's using like,, the horniest descriptors he can use in a non-erotica novel, i nearly tapped out during his visit to that vampire woman's house because this guy is just TOO down bad. thankfully that stuff kinda slows down near the halfway point- at least it seemed like it did, maybe i was just getting used to it- and it wasn't as annoying to finish as i was afraid it would be. i'll check out the second book because i'm juuuuust interested enough in the setting to see where this could go, but GOD do i hope dresden starts being less of a horndog because i don't know if i can handle looking through his Womanizer Goggles for another book lmfao

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Murder, and Drug abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

arbitrary_convenience's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This is going to sound harsh, so I want to be clear: I enjoyed reading this. 

It read like the author was trying to insert himself into a fantasy life. Which is fine, it’s just a bit silly. He’s always complaining about not getting girls, yet there somehow happen to always be girls around him who are willing to go on dates? Suspicious. How many times can you call on brains vs brawn, claiming your experience is what sets you apart as a professional, making you the clear winner? Endlessly apparently. Would half the story be solved with like 3 conversations? Quite possibly. Should Dresden just find a therapist already? Definitely. 

Overall, it was very funny. I enjoyed it very very much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Misogyny

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