Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

5 reviews

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

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

sexualedward's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious relaxing tense medium-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? No

4.0

Some people find the first few books sexist, but I see it as the main character being an “old fashioned” noir detective. It is presented as a flaw and characters do call him out (some being strong women). I will admit it could have been done better (particularly how women are written in the first books). If this doesn’t sound like something you’re cool with, take the author’s advice and skip to the fourth book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Cancer, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

 “Have you ever felt despair? Absolute hopelessness? Have you ever stood in the darkness and known, deep in your heart, in your spirit, that it was never, ever going to get better? That something had been lost, forever, and that it wasn't coming back?”

I never had any desire to read this until my dearest cousin informed me that James Marsters narrated the audiobook. Then she had the audacity to ask me if I knew who James Marsters was and I almost crawled through the phone and strangled her. Because, yes, I do know who James Marsters is. He is my god. He Spike. He is William the Bloody. He is Randy Giles. He is a bazillion other characters who are incredible but will never overrule the power he holds over me when he bleaches his hair and talks in a British accent.

So I listened to this god of a man read this book and I loved it. I'm not sure if the story was good or if Marsters' voice acting is just that magical, but it doesn't matter, because I'm going to continue with this series forevermore regardles.

Oh, it's about this wizard named Harry Dresden who runs, like, a PI business in Chicago and gets dragged into a bunch of supernatural chaos, like magical murders and missing magical husbands. All while being voiced by James Marsters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

sarah_ann_roth's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent