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Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1)

by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)

4.02 · Rating Details · 188,362 Ratings · 10,343 Reviews

HARRY DRESDEN — WIZARD

Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.

Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For th ...more

Paperback, First Edition, 355 pages

Published April 2000 by Penguin ROC

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Dec 03, 2013 Siria rated it did not like it

Recommends it for: Not a single person.

Shelves: 21st-century, fantasy, american-fiction

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I'm not going to pull any punches. This book is a misogynistic piece of shit.

All I knew about it before I picked it up was the very basic premise—a wizard in modern-day Chicago, who works as a sort of detective—and that it had picked up quite a cult following. I was expecting to really like it, but before I got to the end of the first chapter, my eyebrows had risen to meet my hairline. I kept reading out of some misguided expectation that things would get better, that there couldn't possibly be I'm not going to pull any punches. This book is a misogynistic piece of shit.

All I knew about it before I picked it up was the very basic premise—a wizard in modern-day Chicago, who works as a sort of detective—and that it had picked up quite a cult following. I was expecting to really like it, but before I got to the end of the first chapter, my eyebrows had risen to meet my hairline. I kept reading out of some misguided expectation that things would get better, that there couldn't possibly be such a sustained level of misogyny coming from both the character and the authorial voice. Oh, how wrong I was.

The main character, Harry Dresden, repeatedly tells us that he's a chauvinist, yes, and shows no signs of wanting to change that. It would have been difficult enough for me to get into a novel with such an unpalatable main character, but the level of narrative endorsement of his viewpoint nauseated me. The female characters in the book are there only to cry, seduce, and occasionally mother. Some of them are presented as having power of their own, but if you take a second glance at them, that power is always represented as secondary to male power, or a sham. Karrin Murphy is a hard-bitten homicide detective and Harry's friend, true; but she's undermined to constant references as to how "belligerent" she is, how small and lady-like her hands are, how she cries when he won't share information with her. Let me repeat that: cries. Bianca, the vampire—sorry, vampiress! must use appropriately gendered language!—is defeated because Dresden can see how she's truly ugly beneath all that fake beauty, and so she's humiliated and he can overpower her! All of them use their sexuality to get ahead—or try to, because clearly Harry is just too intelligent to fall for those silly women's wiles!

How about an explanation for the motive behind a murder:

I gestured toward the room. "Because you can't do something that bad without a whole lot of hate," I said. "Women are better at hating than men. They can focus it better, let it go better. Hell, witches are just plainmeaner than wizards. This feels like feminine vengeance of some kind to me."

Or how about one prostitute talking about another:

She shook her head. "No, no. Nothing like that. That wasn't her style. She was sweet. A lot of girls get like—They get pretty jaded, Mr. Dresden. But it never really touched her. She made people feel better about themselves somehow." She looked away. "I could never do that. All I did was get them off."

This isn't just Dresden being sexist. This isn't just showing us the thought processes of an un-reconstructed chauvinist. This isn't even just using noir tropes—because god knows there are a thousand and one ways of subverting those and reimagining them. This is holding up a clichéd, smug asshole of a main character as the kind of man every guy wants to be, and the kind of man every woman wants to fuck, as a mirror for how Butcher thinks. It's laden with sexist stereotypes that irritate me and in case you couldn't guess, it made me very, very angry.

The book also fails on pretty much every technical level I can think of: I have no idea why it's set in Chicago, or why the location was emphasised, because there's absolutely no sense of place to it. For all Butcher told us, it could all have been taking place in Seattle, or Denver, or Kansas City. The plot is silly, illogical, and by rights everyone should have been dead of Stupid within the first two chapters. The writing style displayed an absolute cloth ear for language. I'd imagine that he was trying to recreate the terse, staccato style of noir detective stories, but didn't realise that in order to do so, you need more than short, simplistic sentences. You need to be attuned to the rhythm of what you're writing, to know how to turn a handful of words to best effect, and Butcher neither knows how to do that, nor how to write realistic sounding dialogue at all.

I have not read such offensive drivel in a long, long time. Avoid. ...more

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Dec 04, 2013 Nataliya rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: Fans of humorous urban fantasy

Shelves: dresden-files, first-in-a-series

Let me tell you how a wisecracking Chicago wizard-for-hire with the most rotten luck imaginable won a permanent spot in my heart, making me a devout Dresdenite.

'Twas a week before USMLE Step 1, the most important test for any medical school student as it pretty much determines which medical specialty you are supposedly smart enough to pursue. Basically, the stakes were high and the stress reached the previously unknown heights. By then my poor average-sized brain has been fully stuffed with all Let me tell you how a wisecracking Chicago wizard-for-hire with the most rotten luck imaginable won a permanent spot in my heart, making me a devout Dresdenite.

'Twas a week before USMLE Step 1, the most important test for any medical school student as it pretty much determines which medical specialty you are supposedly smart enough to pursue. Basically, the stakes were high and the stress reached the previously unknown heights. By then my poor average-sized brain has been fully stuffed with all the medical trivia it was able to handle. Have you ever met an overcaffeinated, freaked out, sleep-deprived, shaky med student with bloodshot eyes and propensity to quote at you random basic medical science facts in a high-pitched shaky voice? If so, it was probably before Step 1, and this is an honest representation of what my friends and I looked like:

Lovely, no?
Anyway, physically unable to study any more, I stumbled upon this book on my Kindle app. And this is how Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, he of the magical staff and a black leather duster, entered my life. Suddenly the anxiety was gone, and instead of omg-it's-test-time-and-I-did-not-study-enough customary nightmares I dreamed about Chicago magical world that night. In the week that followed, I got through most of the series - 11 books at that point in time. The stress was gone with the help of Harry Dresden's adventures - and on the test day I beat my goal score by one whopping point! :D

“A man's magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power. I was not a murderer [...] I was Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. I was a wizard. Wizards control their power. They don't let it control them. And wizards don't use magic to kill people. They use it to discover, to protect, to mend, to help. Not to destroy.”

I loved this book despite all its imperfections. Harry Dresden, a wisecracking, self-deprecating, Star Wars-references-dropping, never-knowing-when-to-shut-up, and unwaveringly good guy with a penchant for attracting trouble was someone I'd love to be friends with. I even forgave him the annoying and eyeroll-inducing case of old-fashioned chivalry towards women. Plus, his assistant is an erotica-obsessed formerly-evil spirit living in a skull - how can anyone not love that?

“Harry," Bob drawled, his eye lights flickering smugly, "what you know about women, I could juggle.”

This book is a quick and delightfully pulpy read, modeling Harry's personality and adventures on the hardboiled crime noir detective stories with a generous helping of humor set against the paranormal background. It does not aspire to be life-changing or profound, it does not try to be the capital-L literature (that was an excuse to use my favorite Pratchett quote: "Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book."). All it does is take you on a fun and exciting ride, and that's what I love about it. Yes, sometimes it falls flat, or tries too hard, or gets a bit full of itself, but the feeling of sheer fun that Jim Butcher must have had while writing this story is palpable on each page, and it's awesome!

“Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.”

This is a "freshman" book, and is not perfect, but it is nevertheless really good. Jim Butcher's narrative voice gets more confident and more polished as the series progresses, especially beginning with book 4. But it was enough to keep me completely engrossed in Harry Dresden's world and read eleven books of the series in a little over a week. I love the Chicago mystical world, I love the characters, I love the fast, even breakneck pace, I love the detective noir touch, I love Butcher's take on mythologies. I absolutely adore the wisecracking - to me, it never felt annoying, maybe because it's a big part of my own (I assume, completely charming) personality.

““You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast.”

For all of that, I easily give it four stars. (I'd be tempted to call Harry Dresden my literary boyfriend, but as I learned from the sequels, nothing good can possibly come out of that).

“I don't want to live in a world where the strong rule and the weak cower. I'd rather make a place where things are a little quieter. Where trolls stay the hell under their bridges and where elves don't come swooping out to snatch children from their cradles. Where vampires respect the limits, and where the faeries mind their p's and q's. My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. When things get strange, when what goes bump in the night flicks on the lights, when no one else can help you, give me a call. I'm in the book.”

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Mar 30, 2010 Patrick rated it it was amazing

I never got around to reading these books until The Name of the Wind was published. And when I first did, I was a little pissed. First person point of view. Magic based on thermodynamics. Gritty, realistic world. Arrogant wizard who doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. It struck rather close to home....

Some people say that the first few books of this series were kinda rough. But I didn't notice anything particularly untoward about them. In fact, I burned through the whole series (11 books ...more

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Dec 03, 2013 Jesse rated it did not like it

Recommends it for: lovers of bad writing and raping of the noir genre

Shelves: modern-fantasy, utter-tripe

You know, the premise of this book actually sounded good. A wizard P.I., sure why not. I like wizards and I like P.I.s, so what could be the problem. The problem was I over estimated this author's abilities.

The main character is like some kind of emotionally retarded uber-geek's idealized life. He lives in a basement and subbasement. He ALWAYS wears a black duster and cowboy boots (even when he's wearing sweats and a t-shirt). He has an abnormally large alley cat that likes to drink coke and doe You know, the premise of this book actually sounded good. A wizard P.I., sure why not. I like wizards and I like P.I.s, so what could be the problem. The problem was I over estimated this author's abilities.

The main character is like some kind of emotionally retarded uber-geek's idealized life. He lives in a basement and subbasement. He ALWAYS wears a black duster and cowboy boots (even when he's wearing sweats and a t-shirt). He has an abnormally large alley cat that likes to drink coke and doesn't get violently ill from the caffeine. He can't get anywhere with women, for no real reason at all. The first woman that broke his heart, he actually killed (but for good reasons, I mean she was evil). I could go on and on. The protagonist of this story is an immature weiner. He is a walking dorky cliche, that feels like he is some kind of Peter Parker wizard. Constantly bemoaning the weight of the world on his shoulders, even when its actually not on his shoulders. Add to this the characters inability to have basic levels of trust for his friends/allies, lack of common sense, and a very low level of intelligence for someone that relies on brains and willpower for their strengths. And you end up with a guy that is very annoying to read in most any situation.

Now throw that character into a Noir Detective style situation. This is not a confident man, nor is he a physically tough man, and he lacks much in the way of street or even book smarts. I find it highly unlikely that this guy should have survived past the first 100 pages, let alone through all the other blunders he makes through the entire book. Take a gander back to the beginnings of the Noir Detective genre, and you'd be ashamed that this man besmirches the genre's good traditions. Sam Spade has no magic what so ever, but he could quite easily have out smarted and out fought this guy with his bare fists.

Don't even get me started on how annoying magic is in this book. Not since the magic of Terry Brooks' Shanara books have I felt magic meant little to nothing. This guy is constantly like, oh shit I don't have my wand or staff or special ring, so if I do my magic now I'll kill everyone. What the fricking good is magic that can't be used unless you've got your stick of power. If magic is going to be used the way it is in this book, as basically a crutch to hold the rest of the weak aspects of the book up (as it is in most non-awesome fantasy); then at least have it around to do its job and make cool things happen.

So to close, this book is immature and not fun to read. There was a time in my life when I would have found this book awesome, when I was going through that phase of life where you're 13, emotionally retarded, and just discovered AD&D 2nd edition. Which there is nothing wrong with, that's a phase that me and most other nerds went through. Then we grew out of it, because we matured in to adults. But this book isn't be lauded to me as "great writing" by 13 year old nerds and geeks, its being held up as a "Great Book" by adults, and that's who its marketed to. Look if you like this book and you're in Junior high then fine (though I could recommend better things for you to read that are aimed at your age group), but not adults. If your an adult and you think this is even just "good" writing (and again I'll state that most tell me its "great" writing) then I think you need to try reading some other stuff by much better authors. Go find and read Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Joe R. Lansdale, Walter Mosley, Warren Ellis, or Charles Stross. These are all writers that have written either modern fantasy/Horror or Noir and/or Crime fiction, so they are working on some similar concepts. Then if you don't find those to be far better book written by actual good writers, well then I'm just going to have to say that you and I may be from different planets or something.

This book is not fun to read. Its poorly constructed. The plot is about as complex as 6th grade math, and less original than that. The characters are 2 dimensional at best. Magic is used a focal point of the story rather than something to enhanced the flavor of original and real feeling plots and characters. At one point the author describes someone by saying he looks like Sean Connery's character from the Highlander, instead of I don't know just describing the dude as having a pony tale (since that was where those two character's physical similarities ended). Most of his other descriptions of characters are like police descriptions of people being given to me by the narrator which completely takes you out of the narrative. The author at one point even wrote "I was a wizard" when his point of view character is lamenting about going into a house or building to solve a problem and I was thinking "wait did you stop being a wizard at some point?". If you're going to write in the first person perspective then learn to write in the present. Of course one would expect a decent editor could have fixed this, but I'm going to assume that decent editors get assigned to decent writers. Look, its not a good book. I didn't make it a bad book, it just is. I'm told that the book get much better after or on book three (so some day I hope to get a copy of his second book for free and see, though I have my doubts since I've read enough bad authors in my day to know they don't usually start becoming good authors, just more experienced bad authors) but that's a really spurious argument since I need ALL book I read to be good if not great right away. I'm not going to recommend an author to someone because his first work was really awful but if you just read two more books by him he gets good. Well then perhaps he should have just started with book three and spared us the bad books. Its bad and I don't recommend it to anyone who's not reading it as a goof to lampoon it in there own head. End of statement. ...more

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Mark Cameron It would be ridiculous to expect anyone to have the same opinion as me. It isn't that you disliked the book that's a problem, it was the approach.

In t It would be ridiculous to expect anyone to have the same opinion as me. It isn't that you disliked the book that's a problem, it was the approach.

In the aspect of journalism, this is more than just a social site. This site is used by the authors and even some publishing houses to derive actual reviews that they could use to test their material, it is a forum that directly goes to the authors should they happen to go back to look at what people are saying. Publisher's, other readers, other writers, might be turned off by someone using the shield of 'comedy' to espouse an opinion that could have otherwise been crafted constructively. In that respect, every time we review a work we should strive to not make jokes or go out of our way to entirely attack a piece. Instead consider that a human being wrote the material and it might do the entire industry some justice to respect them with something outlined and factual rather than sounding overly sarcastic and as if it is a giant joke.

An educated guess is one thing and I can grant you that you can assume all of his writing will be this way, but that's still a bit of a stretch for any writer or series. Many authors change their styles depending on subject or time spent on a series. If the focus of their novels changes over the series (as it does in Dresden) then their styles by necessity must change as well. I'm not even entirely passionate about the series as much as I'm passionate about the industry and the need to have more people being critical reviewers that help writers and publisher's consider how to craft work in the future to better the overall pool. Every story is worth taking another look at and drafting again.

There really isn't a distinction between a terrible writer vs an "experienced" bad writer. You're still saying that his work will lack quality. Given a review that states the facts and outlines the ideas without adding any jokes or flare, that could instead maybe point out the flaws in the style and where he could improve. With the added material? It's more like you are writing an article for a magazine, driving up numbers for entertainment value and little else. You can have feelings about the book, that's fine, but this is an active forum where some authors are trying really hard to figure out how people respond to the work and where to keep building their particular skills.

This is my problem with most reviews at heart. Anywhere we can post a comment is not an invitation for us to just eject our feelings and personal thoughts without considering who might encounter them, the context of what is being commented on or whether the comment will be useful to the community at large.

The fact is that I respect your reasons for not liking the book, because they're relatively valid and I cannot disagree entirely with why it doesn't work for you. In context, it works for me because very few had done Noir Urban Fantasy. It doesn't mean either of us is wrong in that respect. Since then, Butcher has cleaned himself up a bit and probably because enough people told him where things were a bit off through clear channels. I merely point out that adding comments that take it a step too far almost make the review white noise and while others will join the band wagon on agreeing with you, it doesn't help anything.

We are, as reviewers, as readers, responsible for helping craft the future of the industry by starting a conversation with these authors. If one doesn't listen (Terry Goodkind is, in fact, a clear example of this) then there isn't much to be said, but it seems like it would be a waste of everyone's time to make jokes at his expense or write a scathing review of his work in a very off-handed or even offended tone. Just label it for what it is: it didn't work and here's why. Or even mentioning it made you angry because (example) "the tone of the work feels very misogynistic. Perhaps the author could tone it down and not act like women aren't badass people themselves."

You aren't the largest offender in this case and I reacted a little hotheadedly at first because it's a common theme with reviews over and over to leave snarky responses. Given that you seem relatively intelligent, I rather like the idea of taking out the snark to just read your review without rolling my eyes at the added flair. That is not to say that I feel smarter than you, because I don't, I compare the relative intelligence in writing style to other reviewers and those leaving comments.

In conclusion: You can claim what you want about how good or terrible a book is, or even put in your feelings, but do consider the context of what you're saying. We could all do better to keep our comments/opinions/reviews constructive to the industry as a whole. ...more
Jul 01, 2015 09:23AM

Belinda I agree with you Jesse. It's an immature, sexist, boring read.
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Dec 04, 2013 Kat Kennedy rated it liked it

The Dresden Files is one of those books that's intimidating to approach. It has a hard-core fan group that will scream its praises from the top of the roof. Usually, I would approach with extreme caution. I rarely read a series when I've been assured that it gets good after six books. When people tell me that, I simply quietly encourage them to read the Fever Series and avert eye contact.

However, after a discussion regarding male readers and writers of the Urban Fantasy genre, I felt I should gi ...more

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Jay I am nearly finished with this book. I actually put it aside for a long time. Thinking I had wasted money buying it. But after some time away I have b ...more
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Jayden To open, I realise that this comment is in reference to a review posted quite a few years ago now. Firstly I'd like to state my opinion and say that I To open, I realise that this comment is in reference to a review posted quite a few years ago now. Firstly I'd like to state my opinion and say that I did enjoy the books but would not classify myself a "hard-core fan," yet still found myself at odds at with your review. You start off by saying that the book offered an interesting and immersive world/plot and character background (something even you couldn't deny) but then go on to criticise the originality of the story, which in the end seems to be your only argument against it. These points in themselves seem to contradictory because surely something so unoriginal would not prove so enveloping. I personally find the origins of this plot scaffold irrelevant because from this Jim has created a world and subsequently a storyline unique only to his books, with a fair share of dry humour and bloodshed for gore-lovers (a specific writing taste that fans have come to recognise as distinctly Jim) . In my opinion his book is "spot on", as it was obviously aimed to reach out to a wide range of audience and demographic types. I also quite liked his explanation and reasoning on the subject of magic (thermodynamics etc.), which seems to have been lost on you as you seem to think it comparable to vampires playing baseball. While I no doubt could go on and provide further counter-arguments and arguments proving the books ingenuity, I am quickly growing bored of explaining the higher complexities of a book whose workings have sadly but surely flown straight over your head. Now I must admit I barely skimmed over your review after I realised that the critic in question obviously hadn't cared enough about the article to proof read. Misspelling "throw" (a five letter word) is quite an achievement. May I suggest next time, sounding it out? My suspicions about you being a below average writer yourself, were later confirmed when in one of your comment replies you used the word "sexing"...Anyway, cheers for reading. Thats my dose of sass for the day. ...more
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Nov 06, 2015 Jessica ❁ Far Dareis Mai ❁ Rabid Reads rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fae, angels-and-or-demons, urban-fantasy, some-kinda-magic, vampires, favorite-secondary-characters, rabid-reads-reviews, diabolical, creeptastic, skulduggery, buddy-reads-are-the-best

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3.5 stars

Lover of Urban Fantasy that I am, it may come as a surprise that before now . . . I have never actually . . . read Jim Butcher . . .

I KNOW. I'm such a poser.

In my defense, I haven't had much luck with male authors in the genre, and come on . . . we're up to what? FIFTEEN installments, with the SIXTEENTH already in the works, so yeah---DAUNTING. Cut me some slack. And besides, better late than never, right?

Also, I'm holding all of you partially to blame, b/c someo ...more

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Jun 16, 2015 Markus rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, 2015, team-rocket, urban-fantasy, extraordinary-gentlemen

"My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago. As far as I know, I'm the only openly practicing professional wizard in the country. You can find me in the yellow pages, under 'Wizards.' Believe it or not, I'm the only one there."

Harry Dresden is Chicago’s only wizard. One day he is contacted by a nervous woman who wants him to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her husband, whom she thinks has d "My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago. As far as I know, I'm the only openly practicing professional wizard in the country. You can find me in the yellow pages, under 'Wizards.' Believe it or not, I'm the only one there."

Harry Dresden is Chicago’s only wizard. One day he is contacted by a nervous woman who wants him to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her husband, whom she thinks has dabbled in the forbidden arts of magic. Shortly afterwards, Harry’s contacts in the police summon him to a scene where a couple has been brutally and horribly murdered without any trace of the killer. The investigation takes him all across Chicago and its underworld, to encounters with crime lords and supernatural beings, all the while being observed by the watchful eyes of the White Council, who think that Harry himself is behind it all...

Harry Dresden is quite an interesting protagonist. Despite being a wizard, he’s incredibly... well, normal, and he lives and acts just like any other guy would. He has his good sides and bad sides and plenty of flaws, and despite that he’s not particularly complex, it’s refreshing to read a book from the viewpoint of a guy like this. Sadly, Harry is the only real character in the book. All the others are completely shallow and one-dimensional. Most of them are stereotypical and simplistic, and the female characters in particular are badly portrayed. And while some of these characters are really interesting despite all that, it’s just not enough.

Storm Front is a book which attempts to do quite a lot and falls a bit short in almost every area. It’s straightforward and predictable, lacks an organised plot, and contains whole chapters that are unfortunately quite boring. As a murder mystery, it lacks both style and suspense. As an fantasy novel, it’s not much better.

But of course, there are positive things to say as well. It seems I spent two paragraphs mostly slaughtering the book, and that won’t do at all. Because it was an enjoyable book to read. Despite its obvious issues, it was certainly entertaining. Sometimes it can even be a real page-turner. But like any expansion novel or any form of pulp fiction, it’s primarily just mindless entertainment. It’s not particularly complex, it’s not particularly well-written and it’s not particularly exciting. But if the opinion of the general public is correct and this is one of the weakest books in the series, then I am definitely looking forward to reading the others.

Of course, I should mention that urban fantasy is a long, long way from being my favourite genre. It's been a genre I've been skeptical to for quite some time, yet I still find it enjoyable occasionally. So if you're normally a fan of urban fantasy, I would recommend this book. If not, I'd say skip it.

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Nov 01, 2015 ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, books-i-own, urban-fantasy, series, favourite-series, buddy-read, br-2015, read-2015, magic, male-lead, what-a-lovely-addition-to-my-harem, bbb, harry-dresden, ooh-yeah-i-want-more, 1st-in-series, good-ol-testosterone

Unexpected BR with my girls Robin & Shelly. And some other people. But I have no idea who they are. I'm sure they're lovely. Then again they might not be. Oh well. It wouldn't make any difference if they were. I'm a total BR slut anyway.

Robin wants it known that she didn't recommend this to me. I wonder why. (view spoiler)

Pointless review #2586 coming right up!

Ladies & gentlemen... Introducing… Harry Dresden, aka Book Boyfriend ...more

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Oct 12, 2011 Mike (the Paladin) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, urban-fantasy, fantasy

Okay, some who have looked at my other reviews will immediately note I gave this book 5 stars which I noted earlier I save for very special books. I plan to give the Dresden books (so far anyway) 5 stars. Why? Well while they are not Dumas or Dickens (but then again...I'm not sure I'd regularly be giving Dickens 5 stars, how much Dickens can we all really take anyway???) these are wonderful absorbing reads. Special Books.

I won't be giving a long synopsis of each book... I will say they are an or ...more

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Jun 12, 2007 Brooke rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: Buffy fans

Shelves: 2007, own, fantasy

Earlier this year, I greatly enjoyed the first season of the Sci Fi Channel's The Dresden Files. It certainly wasn't Buffy or X-Files caliber, as far as paranormal television goes, but it was great escapism fun with some interesting characters. As I'm likely to do after discovering that something I watched and enjoyed was based on a book, I went out and got the first book in the series.

I read the 300-pages of Storm Front in less than 24 hours, and it was such a relief to read something light aft ...more

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Jan 08, 2015 Will M. rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014, paranormal, magic, books-i-own, urban-fantasy

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a wizard. He is also a detective, and he's best at what he does. When a suspicious magic related murder occurred, the Chicago P.D. comes to him for answers. Aside from that though, he also has other personal cases at hand.

My very first Urban Fantasy novel. I've been wanting to read this for months now, and I'm glad that I finally did. Crime/Detective-Fantasy is something new to me, but not anymore. Two of my favorite genres combined, and executed wonderfu Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a wizard. He is also a detective, and he's best at what he does. When a suspicious magic related murder occurred, the Chicago P.D. comes to him for answers. Aside from that though, he also has other personal cases at hand.

My very first Urban Fantasy novel. I've been wanting to read this for months now, and I'm glad that I finally did. Crime/Detective-Fantasy is something new to me, but not anymore. Two of my favorite genres combined, and executed wonderfully. I heard ravishing remarks regarding this series, and I now understand all the hype. This is not a perfect novel, it had a few flaws here and there, but it was enjoyable overall.

Harry Dresden reminded me of a lot of characters that I love. Tony Stark, Sherlock Holmes, and Dr. House to name a few. He was not created as a perfect character, and that is the right way to do it. Despite being a wizard, he still had flaws. Aside from him reminding me of some favorites, the novel itself felt like it was a crossover of NCIS and a superhero TV show. His relationship with Murphy was really similar to those of the crime genre. The woman hates him yet ends up giving him what he wants, and ends up arresting/hating him in the end. Typical crime stuff that I really enjoy.

I was a wizard. Wizards control their power. They don't let it control them. And wizards don't use magic to kill people. They use it to discover, to protect, to mend, to help. Not to destroy.

I was not expecting that at all. I've watched quite a few shows and movies regarding wizards, and they're all badass crazy. Dresden was just crazy, but he was good. He obeyed the first law thing that magic shouldn't be used to kill. I heard about that rule already somewhere, but I remember main characters breaking that rule and getting away with it. I was expecting the same form Dresden, but didn't get what I wanted. I was expecting a lot of magic spurting out of his staff and all, but the magic present in the novel was mellow. There were a lot of action in the novel, but I wanted it to be more badass than it was. This novel seemed to follow realistic ideas, despite it being a fantasy novel. It's not a huge problem for me, but I am hoping for more action in the next ones. And more magic.

Little did I know that wizards are weaker than witches. Weaker in a sense that they follow the rules more, so they use less magic. If you use less magic and battle with someone who uses a shit load of magic, then odds are you'll lose. Or die. I still like Dresden a lot though.

The plot itself was not bad. Despite this being a huge series, this novel still ended with closure. I hate forced cliffhangers, and this one didn't have that. There is a note somewhere on goodreads stating that each novel from the series is sort of a standalone, but each one heavily relies from the latter. I like those kinds of series, because sometimes you need a break from it. Especially those never ending ones. I'm quite excited of what the author has in stored for the next books.

4.3/5 stars. My very first Urban-fantasy novel, and it will not be my last. I'm starting to enjoy this genre. Recommendations will be greatly appreciated! ...more

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Aug 21, 2014 Conor rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, dresden-files

Storm Front is the first book in Jim Butcher’s genre-defining Urban Fantasy series ‘The Dresden Files’. Despite being the first in a 15 book series Storm Front was surprisingly easy to get into and even worked well as a standalone story. This was my first time reading Urban Fantasy and I found it to be an enjoyable read with a funny, likeable protagonist, fast placed plot filled with plenty of twists and turns and an extensive cast of diverse, well-written secondary characters. While I was frust Storm Front is the first book in Jim Butcher’s genre-defining Urban Fantasy series ‘The Dresden Files’. Despite being the first in a 15 book series Storm Front was surprisingly easy to get into and even worked well as a standalone story. This was my first time reading Urban Fantasy and I found it to be an enjoyable read with a funny, likeable protagonist, fast placed plot filled with plenty of twists and turns and an extensive cast of diverse, well-written secondary characters. While I was frustrated by the lack of world-building and the occasional over-use of detective tropes this was still a really good read and a very promising start to the series.

Wizard/ Private investigator/ purveyor of snarky one-liners Harry Dresden investigates crimes relating to magic in the city of Chicago. When the police enlist his help in solving a brutal murder and a desperate young woman approaches him for help finding her missing husband Harry becomes involved in a complex conspiracy of crime, magic, mystery and danger.

For me the plot was this book’s greatest strength. The twists and turns of Harry’s investigation were handled brilliantly and the various mysteries and clues throughout the story were intriguing. Around three-quarters of the way through, this book became even more intense and engaging as several plot-points came together and secrets were revealed. This set the stage for a spectacular showdown at the end of the book in the form of a taut, gripping fight scene.

On the downside I was at times frustrated by the repeated use of detective clichés: The loner PI, the incompetent bureaucracy that distrust him despite his faithful service, a cast full of beautiful women surrounding the protagonist (special cliché mention goes to: The sultry, mysterious woman who knows more about the case than she lets on and the beautiful reporter chasing the protagonist/detective for a story). That being said I’m really not a fan of detective stories in general so fans of that kind of work might actually enjoy these tropes.

The world-building in this book was fairly sketchy and vague. There were a number of references to the ‘Nevernever’ but no explanation as to what exactly it is. Also after the ‘White Council’ being referenced a load of times throughout the book and being built up to be a major plot-point we ultimately didn’t even get so see them. The one part of the world-building in this book I did like was that machines were interfered with by the presence of magic. This was a cool, original idea and was applied consistently throughout the story, not just once of twice when it was useful to the plot. It also served as a subtle yet pervasive reminded of the battle between magic and technology. Something that really confused me about this world-building was how magic is perceived in the world. The setting is supposed to be contemporary (more or less) Chicago as it exists in the real world and yet there was a weird amount of acceptance of magic. The police department has a unit dedicated to investigating magical crimes (insert your own joke about the American economy/budgeting/police force here) and the ‘Chicago Arcane’ employs serious career-minded professionals rather than nutjobs living in their parents basements that it would irl (sorry conspiracy theorists).

Harry himself was an interesting and likeable character who was occasionally badass and frequently delivered hilarious one-liners. I was somewhat frustrated however, by Harry’s patronisingly ‘chivalrous’ behaviour towards women. While this normally manifested in weird, albeit harmless, ways (obsession with opening doors in a ‘gentlemanly’ manner) it later turned into a serious plot-point, (view spoiler) Complaints aside Harry was mostly a cool character and I really enjoyed how his intriguing backstory was slowly revealed as it became involved in the plot rather than through an info-dump. (view spoiler)

While the secondary characters lacked any real depth I still found them to be interesting, varied and well-drawn. My favourites were: Murphy the tough cop who doesn’t tolerate fools. Morgan: The deadly magical swordsman whose almost fanatical belief in following the rules puts him at odds with Harry. And ‘Gentleman’ Johnny Marcone: The cold, ruthless crimelord haunted by his past. However I was ultimately somewhat disappointed by the main villain, who was a typically arrogant, power-mad ‘evil wizard’. That being said I thought there was a lot of potential in the premise. The villain was initially a hard-working family man who turned to the drug trade in order to get his family out of a difficult financial situation but slowly became corrupted by the world he chose to enter. I guess you could say he…. Broke bad.

Overall this was an enjoyable read with interesting characters, a likeable protagonist and a really cool story. While the world-building was disappointing this was still a good read on it’s own merits that has definitely persuaded me to read more of this series.
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Jun 17, 2009 Danielle The Book Huntress (Self-Proclaimed Book Ninja) rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, hero-to-die-for, celibate-or-less-experienced-hero, faerie, urban-fantasy, occult-detective, part-of-a-series, nerd-prof-scientist-genius-geek, owned-copy, favorite-or-autobuy-author, magic, detective-private-eye-sleuth, wizard-warlock-sorcerer, magic-noir

Harry Dresden is a wizard for hire. His advert even says so. Enter a very interesting character in the urban fantasy genre. Having grown up in the Chicago area, it's very cool to see this fine city through the eyes of an interesting guy like Harry. In some respects, he's a very normal guy. However he truly is a wizard. He inherited his magical abilities from his deceased mother, and makes a living at it. Helping people. He also works for the Police Department solving crimes of an unusual nature. Harry Dresden is a wizard for hire. His advert even says so. Enter a very interesting character in the urban fantasy genre. Having grown up in the Chicago area, it's very cool to see this fine city through the eyes of an interesting guy like Harry. In some respects, he's a very normal guy. However he truly is a wizard. He inherited his magical abilities from his deceased mother, and makes a living at it. Helping people. He also works for the Police Department solving crimes of an unusual nature.

This is like most starter books in a series, it doesn't exactly get off the ground running. But that's okay. We get to enjoy the experience of getting to know Harry. Things I liked about him that endeared him to me: He doesn't date much. He says himself he doesn't have much luck with women. He's a catlover. He has a big, huge kitty named Mister that eats better than he does. He's got a great sense of humor. This book is in the first person, so you are treated to Harry's very wry but perceptive view of the world. We are not on the same page about Christianity, but I don't hold that against him. How could I when he's such an ethical, caring person. Harry's a bit of a soft touch, going out of his way to help people, even to his detriment. Some readers might get annoyed at how often Harry gets hurt. I like that about the series. He's not invulnerable. His magic can help him, but he can die just as easy as another human, and he almost does many times. That raises the stakes, because Harry can't seem to stay out of trouble. I love watching Harry get dressed for battle: fedora hat, cloak, oak staff, pentacle pendant from his mom, and her ring. The latter are his magical accoutrements used to focus the natural magic that flows through him and is in the environment. Let's not forget his .45 gun for extra insurance. It's like watching Batman put on his suit and all his gadgets (yes my not-so inner geek is coming out).

The world that Harry inhabits is much like the one we live in, but magic and creatures we consider mythical actually exist. There is a White Council (They are the governing body over wizards to prevent them practicing black magic or using magic to harm people) who is holding the Doom of Damocles over Harry's head for killing his uncle (done in self-defense, although few would argue that he didn't deserve killing). So we see Harry trying to stay one step ahead of the very intimidating magical enforcer, Morgan. We also see Harry deal with a fairy who loves pizza to get information, while trying to avoid his godmother who really is a Fairy, the Queen in fact, and to whom he owes a favor. And Harry has to deal with the very shadowy Red Vampire Court, not to mention a very nasty demon assassin that interrupts the first date that Harry's had in a very long time. Try having a love life around all of this. Then there's the fire spirit Bob, who's beholden to Harry, helps him work his spellcraft, and lives in a skull.

These books are pure fun, but there are moments of tension and thrills, as well as moments that will stir poignancy in you. If you like the genre of occult detective novels, this book is the start of a series that you must add to your collection. I must say I love the later books more because the introductory stuff is out of the way, but this was a solid entry and a grand introduction to the wonderful, endearing Harry Dresden, Wizard for Hire. ...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Sath rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, urban-fantasy, paranormal, 2011-must-read, vampires, magic, wizards, reviewed

Decided to try this series, as I keep hearing 'Dresden files' everywhere for some reason, and apparently it's even a tv series? I couldn't let an urban fantasy get so popular without knowing what its about!

There are many mixed reviews about this, some love it and some hate it. But I am suprised at the negative reviews, as many complaints could be raised against the genre as a whole, but if you pick up an urban fantasy book - don't you know what you're getting into? I've seen complaints about th ...more

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Jan 25, 2012 Laurel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Hot damn, that was a fun read! I know full well the reason I've been avoiding the series was that I would get hooked, and have even more books on my to-read shelf, but I just can't help it! Dresden is a sarcastic, bitter, tongue in cheek rogue that would make Han Solo proud. The plot moves quickly, the action is imaginative, and the humor puts the perfect cherry on top. What a great character!

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Mar 24, 2014 StoryTellerShannon rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: my-very-best-reads, owned, fantasy-scifi, books-reviewed, action

This is a revised review as of 4/14/2013. Several of the images were off Google Image detailing the graphic novel for visual impact but this is an actual review of the novel.

Tale focuses on a man, well, not just a man, but, a wizard in current day Chicago who uses his magical powers to solve mysteries. Most of them focus on the supernatural and there's a whole underbelly of mythical creatures which mortals are mostly unaware of . .. vampires, werewolves, enemy wizards, faeries, ghosts, etc.

ST ...more

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May 03, 2015 Lindsey Rey rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, mystery, 2015

I enjoyed this way more than I was expecting! I cannot wait to get my hands on the next one.

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Sep 15, 2015 Sh3lly ✨ Bring on the Weird ✨ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: vampires, urban-fantasy, fae-sidhe-fairies, magic, fantasy, buddy-read, favorite-first-in-a-series, read-2015

3.5 stars

Harry is a struggling wizard/investigator. Everything seems to go wrong for him. He can't even have a normal date without frog demons showing up trying to eat them all. He does side work for the police - and none of them really believe anything he says either. His wizard brethren want him dead as well. Let's just say we should assume no one likes Harry in this book.

Except his big old cat, Mister, who eats steak sandwiches and hides his shoes. And sometimes Bob, the spirit trapped in a ...more

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Mar 26, 2016 Heather K (dentist in my spare time) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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First of all, the audiobook edition of this story is freaking incredible. James Marsters could recite the dictionary and I'd be hanging on his every word, but combine that voice with the awesome writing of Jim Butcher and I'm in heaven, I'm simply in HEAVEN!

The "first book info dump" wasn't too bad here. I easily kept up with the world-building and I loved what the author created. I loved everything about it, actually. My only issue with this story was ...more

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Apr 12, 2015 Robin (Bridge Four) rated it liked it

Shelves: fantastic-fantasy, ghosts, witches-warlocks-and-magic, uf-pnr, awesome-audio

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Harry Dresden is not your sauvé hero type, he has trouble with money, women, demons and keeping his clothing on. But he does have actual business cards.

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Actually the clothing problem seemed almost worse then than some of his other dilemmas. You try fighting evil naked or in sweats and cowboy boots and see how well you fair. He does seem to have a few wizard tricks up his sleeve and a pretty cool lab equipped with an awesome helper tra ...more

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Feb 23, 2016 Bill Kerwin rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: weird-fiction, detective-mystery, gothic, weird-detectives

The first volume in the Dresden Files series introduces us to our hero, Harry Dresden, a wizard who is also a private investigator and police consultant. It is written in a breezy, colloquial style that makes you want to keep reading, but except for a few interesting magical twists on the private dick genre (e.g., Harry's tipster is a faery, lured with a bowl of milk and honey and confined within a magic circle until Harry gets the information he needs), the book is thin on plot, lacking in wit ...more

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Dec 05, 2014 Amber rated it did not like it

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This book was terrible. The kind of terrible where I had to force myself to read the last half in a day just so I could be done reading it. The kind of terrible that made me reevaluate all the ratings of books I have previously given because I remembered what type of book I save one star ratings for. The kind of terrible where I roll my eyes at least once per page. The kind of terrible where I literally throw the book across the room when I'm done both out of frustration and out of the primitive ...more

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Oct 22, 2012 Brad rated it liked it

Shelves: speculative, fantasy, mystery, urban-fantasy

I imagine that some people will complain that Butcher's Storm Front is misogynist, and I can see where they're coming from -- to a point. There is a bad Vampiress who runs a brothel, there are a couple of prostitutes, a sexually abused woman, a sexy journalist, and a tough, rough-cut female cop. I can see these characters striking a nerve with some women, thereby stripping any enjoyment of the book for them.

And fair enough.

But these characters are classic archetypes in the fictions Jim Butcher ...more

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Mar 02, 2016 Ashley rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, mysteries, audiobooks, pulp, urban-fantasy, paranormal, orphalins, murder-most-foul, ridiculously-prolific-authors, i-vant-to-drink-your-blood, noir

Originally rated three stars.

March 2016: If you follow me at all closely here on Goodreads, you'll probably know how much I love The Dresden Files, but that I initially didn't like it very much, to the point where I gave up after reading book three way back in 2009. I just didn't think the series was for me. That I thought that at the time is alternately hilarious and horrifying. I almost didn't pick this series back up, and so I almost missed out on what has turned out to be more and more of a ...more

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Aug 21, 2015 Sanaa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015-read, read-books-i-own

[4 Stars] This was really good! I loved Jim Butcher's writing. I thought it was really smooth and flowed just so well. I also absolutely loved Harry Dresden. He's flawed and real and I love how one second I kinda want to slap him and the other I want to say YES HARRY YOU GO YOU DO YOUR THING. The mystery was interesting but was also really predictable. I did like how it helped us get used to the world and learn bits and pieces here and there. I don't have much else to say. Good stuff guys, good ...more

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Jun 11, 2014 Diane rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries-thrillers, fantasy

Wizards and Vampires and Detectives, oh my!

This was a fun fantasy-meets-crime fiction book, and I have my Goodreads friends to thank for pointing me toward it. I hadn't heard of Jim Butcher or The Dresden Files until I saw several good reviews from fellow readers.*

Harry Dresden is a wizard in Chicago who finds lost items for clients and who investigates paranormal activities. One day he gets a call from Chicago Police wanting his advice on a strange murder case, and that same day he also meets a ...more

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Sep 01, 2015 Lyn rated it really liked it

Urban fantasy is a sub-genre that I have been very much enjoying for a couple of years and Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden series usually tops the lists of readers’ favorites and it has proven wildly popular.

For good reason.

Butcher first published Storm Front in 2000 and it was in this first edition that Butcher introduced readers to Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, Wizard.

Butcher describes his protagonist as a kind of occult private investigator, being chiefly active in the Chicago area. Dres ...more

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Aug 23, 2012 Lisa Kay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommended to Lisa Kay by: Lady Jaye, Lady Danielle

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*Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, with his trademark long black leather duster jacket, blasting rod and staff, and pentacle necklace. Those, along with his general disheveled appearance.
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I’m in love with a wizard. One cynical, irascible Harry Dresden, resident ‘anti-hero’ of Chicago, Illinois. People tried to tell me how wonderful he was, but I didn’t listen. He story is like reading a fantasy for the new millennium set in 1940’s film noir – but with brilliant moments of lush Technicolor th ...more

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Jan 29, 2012 Becky rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Becky by: Urban Fantasy Aficionados

Shelves: owned, humorous, mystery-and-thrillers, vampires, reviewed, fantasy, ebook_nook, 2012

I enjoyed this book immensely. If this is the "weak" start to the series, then I am really really excited for the rest of it. I was drawn into this book from the very start, and I just couldn't put it down.

I loved Harry, the wit, the humor, the magic system, the concept, Bob, Mister, all of it. I loved the frustration and the annoyance at every wrench thrown in the works.

I figured things out before Harry did, but that's OK. The details were unpredictable enough for me that even though I knew t ...more

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Sep 25, 2008 Stephen rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, supernatural-spies-and-slayers, good-guys, 2000-2005, bewitches-and-bewarlocks, popcorn, detectives

3.5 stars. I really enjoyed this book. It is not real deep, but it does not try to be. I does try to be extremely entertaining without being campy and I think it succeeds brilliantly. Excellent and highly recommended.

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