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nicosta_music's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
In terms of the Harry Dresden Misogyny Meter, he was slightly more bearable than the previous book. He still kept making weirdly sexual observations and wore out the descriptor "feminine," but it felt easier to ignore his remarks. Maybe I've just been desensitized to his antics. I still have hope he'll grow out of it and join us in the 21st century.
Most of the reason I loved this book is probably that I'm a bit of a werewolf nut. I thought the various lores surrounding the werewolves in this book were really interesting, and trying to understand them while watching the different factions go at each other was a lot of fun. I also really liked having Harry as the narrator for the events of this book, since I thought he brought a good amount of emotional insight and humanity with his narration.
Graphic: Misogyny, Gore, Blood, Sexism, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, Sexual content, Cursing, Kidnapping, Torture, Addiction, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Grief
booklovingbabe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Misogyny and Gore
ahpyrnetbcure's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.5
So much /r/menWritingWomen content though, jesus.
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Gore
cowardlyteaman's review
- 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
First of all, I absolutely love werewolves, and I guess I had really high expectation for Butcher's version of them. They didn't really click with me. I love the loup-garou, and I love the addiction aspect, but other than that I can safely say that I was fairly disappointed.
When it comes to Harry Dresden, I hope he goes through some personal growth later in the series, if I do continue to read. Even if you look aside from the message it communicates to have a hero be a misogynist, just the trait itself it mentioned so many times that it becomes distracting from the rest of his character. Overall, he feels pretty whiny.
I'm not a fan of this first person perspective writing either, but I must say that Butcher is undeniably a great writer. I'm not a native English-speaker, and I actually started taking notes of new words I can use to expand my vocabulary in this book.
Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Death, Violence, Torture, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Sexual content
Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Animal cruelty, and Police brutality
evueimeimei's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Violence
prashiie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The second book of the Dresden Files! It takes place after Storm Front and Harry Dresden starts on Murphy’s bad side. But she does call him to investigate another murder, one involving werewolves. And gosh, there are so many different types of werewolves! Dresden did not only learn more about werewolves, but was pushed to extreme lengths, mentally as well as physically.
"My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour. It came from my love of a good steak, from the way I would sometimes cry at a good movie or a moving symphony. From my life. From the hope that I could make things better for someone else, if not always for me."
To top it off, he also learned more about his parents. He didn't get a lot of information, but enough to make him think. There is more to it than meets the eye.
“Your mother was a most direct and willful woman. Her loss was a great sadness to all of us.”
“Margaret Gwendolyn Dresden”
“Her coming was awaited with great anticipation, but the Dark Prince lost her, in the end.”
And the saddest part of this book is that the bad guys didn't start off with bad intentions. Their minds had gotten heavily influenced by those wolf belts.
"That was Denton, inside. A good man, jaded by years and poisoned by the power that had taken control of him, until that good man had been buried and only the filth and decay remained."
Harry also had a little taste of it when he had to wear the wolf belt.
"The curse came with two addenda. First it would be hereditary, passing down to someone new each and every generation. And second, that the cursed line of the family would never, ever die out, lasting until the end of days."
Does this mean that MacFinn's fiancée is pregnant or that the curse now jumps to the next available person in the family? Hmmm....
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Grief and Death of parent
raesansom's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Death, Blood, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content and Addiction
Minor: Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, and Confinement
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
The first book, Storm Front, was the "evil wizard" book. Fool Moon is the "werewolf" book. Sure to come are zombies and vampires. While most of Butcher's writing is immediately pretty flat, one thing that does interest me is the mythological breakdowns. Butcher pulled werewolf references and lore from a lot of different cultures to build his characters... and yup, was even cocky enough to tell us all about it in an informational breakdown for the uninitiated. I do like the magic, the recklessness of it. The mythos is interesting.
Know, though, that the plot line was a complete train wreck. There were so many things going on that even Dresden took a step back in the book to recap with his subconscious. In some ways, it was pretentious (as if the reader can't keep track of what's happening!) and in other ways, humorous (so much banter). There were the promised werewolves and a bunch of other things and really, Dresden should be super super super arrested right now, but it's more... convenient to tie things up in an illogical bow, I guess.
Fool Moon is an absolute mess but an enjoyable one. I'm a sucker for punishment, because I'm going on to book three. It's not a book or a series I'd buy, though. Strictly for the borrowing.
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Sexism and Sexual content
sexualedward's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Blood, and Death
Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, and Terminal illness
the_bookish_rose's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder