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