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Battle Ground
by Jim Butcher
“Apocalypses always kick-off at the witching hour. All of the city’s inhabitants are on the edge of their seat, waiting for the final moment, the one last thing that will send everyone into battle. Whether that is battle lust or resignation at their fate, the city holds it breath.”
A towering crescendo of nonstop, third act style battle frenzy where squaring off against a freakin’ kraken is the least exciting thing happening. I binged this book in one sitting and let me tell you, the emotional exhaustion is a real thing. With this being the second half of the much tamer, exposition-heavy Peace Talks this is to be expected, but was extremely taxing. If you read Dresden Files for the big, explosive moments this will probably be your book. For me personally, I’m more invested in the moments between the action where the emotional stuff and character relationships reside. Unfortunately, given the apocalyptic urgency knocking on the door of Chicago these small moments got even smaller. There’s little opportunity afforded to the grief and emotional steeling that Harry (and I) desperately needed.
Battle Ground is the end of an era for Dresden Files. At the utmost peak of action, in what is commonly being compared to Avengers End Game, nearly every loose thread of story arc is addressed if not concluded. While I wasn’t the biggest fan of certain aspects, Jim Butcher has an unquestionable talent for maintaining story integrity and interest despite being at book seventeen. The future story lines that are teased throughout the book are tantalizing and tempting me into considering a reread to find everything I missed the first time through. Overall, I think taking Peace Talks and Battle Ground and viewing them as just parts of their larger whole lands this installment on the higher end of Dresden Files in terms of quality, but it’s still leagues away from being a classic.
A towering crescendo of nonstop, third act style battle frenzy where squaring off against a freakin’ kraken is the least exciting thing happening. I binged this book in one sitting and let me tell you, the emotional exhaustion is a real thing. With this being the second half of the much tamer, exposition-heavy Peace Talks this is to be expected, but was extremely taxing. If you read Dresden Files for the big, explosive moments this will probably be your book. For me personally, I’m more invested in the moments between the action where the emotional stuff and character relationships reside. Unfortunately, given the apocalyptic urgency knocking on the door of Chicago these small moments got even smaller. There’s little opportunity afforded to the grief and emotional steeling that Harry (and I) desperately needed.
Battle Ground is the end of an era for Dresden Files. At the utmost peak of action, in what is commonly being compared to Avengers End Game, nearly every loose thread of story arc is addressed if not concluded. While I wasn’t the biggest fan of certain aspects, Jim Butcher has an unquestionable talent for maintaining story integrity and interest despite being at book seventeen. The future story lines that are teased throughout the book are tantalizing and tempting me into considering a reread to find everything I missed the first time through. Overall, I think taking Peace Talks and Battle Ground and viewing them as just parts of their larger whole lands this installment on the higher end of Dresden Files in terms of quality, but it’s still leagues away from being a classic.