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Storm Front by Jim Butcher

36 reviews

nswigert's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

Jim seems to have forgotten that when you’re playing with tropes, you’re supposed to add twists to make it interesting and fresh. There were brief times when the book was funny, but the accidental sexism and, failure to maintain the pace and tension during action scenes made it a difficult read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Violence

Minor: Racism

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

fede123t's review

adventurous 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

4.0

It's what I needed as an easy read. A good urban fantasy adventure!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence

victoriakerr131's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

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

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

biobeetle's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

quiet_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, 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

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