Books – Ghost Story

[a_cubed]

The umpteenth Harry Dresden novel by Jim Butcher follows up on the previous one titled “Changes” by exploring that changes made in the universe in the last installment. Harry’s back, but after being assassinated he’s back as a ghost, with the task of solving his own murder as well as helping his friends with the fallout from his previous apocalypse. Things have got darker in Chicago in his absence, and his friends are not faring so well in this not-so-brave new world. Meanwhile, most of them can’t see Harry and even if and when they can, they don’t all believe in his identity and/or good intentions. I’ve seen some criticism of this from people who feel the series has jumped the shark but I think he’s dealing well with the inevitable levelling up that Harry’s been going through n the previous books, setting new challenges, all tied in to earlier plot threads that he’s dropped along the way.

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Comments

[meepfrog.livejournal.com]

I'm reading this series not at all in order, and this and Turncoat were the last two I read.
I enjoyed them both, apart from a couple of concerns with bits with Thomas. Well, one bit I just hated what had been done to the character IC as it was so painful. The other..hmm..I'm not sure the 'fix' Harry the Ghost saw works, unless I've misinterpreted something.
Of course, since I haven't read where and how Thomas enters the stories, this is quite possible :)

[a-cubed.livejournal.com]

These really are worth reading in order. They have a LOT of continuing story building up over the series and Butcher does a lot with apparently minor side issues in one book that turn out to be the precursors of something major going on later. Plus the characters really do develop, particularly their relationships.