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rae_meadows's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Confinement, Gore, Murder, Blood, Death, and Gun violence
bluejay21's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- 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? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death
nicosta_music's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- 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
Even though I started reading The Dresden Files expecting to dislike it and ended up enjoying the first book, I have to say that Fool Moon really blew its predecessor out of the water. The stakes were higher, the pacing was more even, and the storyline was much more enthralling. I genuinely really enjoyed this book, and it would have been an easy 5 stars if not for Harry being the chauvinist he is.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
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
cowardlyteaman's review
adventurous
challenging
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? It's complicated
3.75
This was nothing revolutionary, but it was an urban fantasy thriller that I enjoyed either way.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
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
prashiie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
“Murphy, it’s been nearly a hundred years since the wolf went extinct in most of the United States. You’ve got no idea, none at all, of how dangerous they can be.”
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.
He'd almost died so many times in this book and even lost his magic temporarily.
"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....
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....
One thing I really liked is that there are many references to some of the major events in the first book. This makes it much easier to continue the series after a break. Excited to further explore the Dresden Files.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Grief and Death of parent
carrionkid's review against another edition
4.0
Truly this is the funniest man alive like maybe the white council hates you because you run around being insane
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Sexual content
raesansom's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Death, Blood, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content and Addiction
Minor: Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, and Confinement
drasticpear's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Misogyny
sexualedward's review
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
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
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- 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
I decided to continue reading the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher, which I’m glad I did! Harry Dresden returns in this book to trace down a werewolf variation, and brings his hilarious personality back on the case, though this time without his sidekick from the last book, Lieutenant Murphy. I thought this book did a good job at continuing the same themes from the first book, but I wasn’t as invested as the first book. There were some parts where I wished it would’ve “sped up” a bit, but the werewolf fight scenes were well done and I would continue reading the series (and I’m looking forward to it!).
I would definitely recommend this book in the series if you like the supernatural genre, crime solving, and fantasy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder