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Battle Ground
by Jim Butcher
I never really thought I could get tired of epic, and then I read Battle Ground.
Yes, there were epic fight scenes. One after another after another after another after another and here's one more and here's the one after that and ...
I'm tired of never getting to know Maggie. I'm tired of the women of the Dresden Files being a combination of the author's wish fulfillment and guilt and kink. I miss Mouse and the sanity he brought to Harry. And I'm tired of this series.
I wish I wasn't. For so long this has been a mainstay of my fantasy book life. But this book, and the last, show me that the editors aren't doing their jobs in reigning in the madness. We've hit Stephen King-level needs for editorial oversite.
Was it fun? A lot of the parts, yes. But a lot of it didn't make sense, there was massive FILLER, which has never been part of this series before. Basically, from the context shifting midpoint to the dark moment was FILLER. None of that moved the plot forward. It was all :waves hands: stuff that happens to get to the dark moment. But it doesn't ... help you get there. It just basically grinds you into the dirt, which was probably the point, and yet still not that satisfying. Things suck. War is hell. Bad guys are spooky dooky. We get it. GET ON WITH IT.
And then the end? WTF was that end? Like, literally, WTF. It makes me rethink my plan to reread the whole series. It makes me rethink reading further. Which makes me sad. And to tease the starborn thing AGAIN, and deflect AGAIN, it's like... dood. Go back to your roots and remember people need some pay off for all of this suffering.
Yes, there were epic fight scenes. One after another after another after another after another and here's one more and here's the one after that and ...
I'm tired of never getting to know Maggie. I'm tired of the women of the Dresden Files being a combination of the author's wish fulfillment and guilt and kink. I miss Mouse and the sanity he brought to Harry. And I'm tired of this series.
I wish I wasn't. For so long this has been a mainstay of my fantasy book life. But this book, and the last, show me that the editors aren't doing their jobs in reigning in the madness. We've hit Stephen King-level needs for editorial oversite.
Was it fun? A lot of the parts, yes. But a lot of it didn't make sense, there was massive FILLER, which has never been part of this series before. Basically, from the context shifting midpoint
Spoiler
(Murphy's death)Spoiler
(the binding of Ethniu with Marcone, who now houses a fallen angel - side question: WHAT HAPPENED TO BOB?!)And then the end? WTF was that end? Like, literally, WTF. It makes me rethink my plan to reread the whole series. It makes me rethink reading further. Which makes me sad. And to tease the starborn thing AGAIN, and deflect AGAIN, it's like... dood. Go back to your roots and remember people need some pay off for all of this suffering.