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elenajohansen 's review for:
Grave Peril
by Jim Butcher
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don't think it's an accident that my ratings are slowly creeping upwards as I get more invested in this world, but we're still pretty far from the "good" that I have been promised.
The first issue I have with this installment is that I wasn't invested in the danger to Susan as Harry's love interest because I never really thought they were invested in each other; having a pretty big time skip between the end of the previous book and the start of this one allows for the off-page stuff to have gone down that sets up this plot, but also glosses over the time their romance would have been deepening. Since I didn't get to see it happen and don't feel like they're actually a couple, a good chunk of the ending falls flat without their "love" to prop it up.
The second issue is that Murphy was boxed up by the plot to keep her out of the way for most of the book, and since she's already one of my favorite characters, I missed her.
What I was happy with was how comparatively easy and straightforward the main plot about the vampires was, after the complicated morass of the last book's weird werewolf mysteries.
I will plunge forward to book four in the near future (though my library system doesn't seem to have a copy so it might take a little time) because I own #14 and I am going to get there, dammit.
The first issue I have with this installment is that I wasn't invested in the danger to Susan as Harry's love interest because I never really thought they were invested in each other; having a pretty big time skip between the end of the previous book and the start of this one allows for the off-page stuff to have gone down that sets up this plot, but also glosses over the time their romance would have been deepening. Since I didn't get to see it happen and don't feel like they're actually a couple, a good chunk of the ending falls flat without their "love" to prop it up.
The second issue is that Murphy was boxed up by the plot to keep her out of the way for most of the book, and since she's already one of my favorite characters, I missed her.
What I was happy with was how comparatively easy and straightforward the main plot about the vampires was, after the complicated morass of the last book's weird werewolf mysteries.
I will plunge forward to book four in the near future (though my library system doesn't seem to have a copy so it might take a little time) because I own #14 and I am going to get there, dammit.