World Famous Comics: Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)
By: Jim Butcher Publisher: Roc Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Roc Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 336 Publication Date: April 01, 2000 Release Date: April 10, 2000
Book Description: Harry Dresden--Wizard Lost items found. Paranormal investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, 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 the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things--and most of them don't play too well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a--well, whatever.
There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get... interesting.
Another sense entirely Even if you've read the novel more than once (as I have), it's another thing entirely to hear a Harry Dresden-like voice shouting down a Loup-Garou. Get a hot cup of tea, or coffee, or Mac's best stout, and sit back to enjoy a really tense novel read by a really tense gravelly voice with nothing better to do then sound beat up, angry and still pulling the heroes out of the fire. Go Harry! (And bravo James Marsters!)
Fun and Exciting... This was a great way to start off the Dresden Files. I had fun reading this book all the way from the start to the finish. I don't want to write anything about the story as it could be a spoiler, but I can say if you like odd Private eye books this is the series for you. I have spent years reading the Vampire Files and now I have this series to look forward to.
Worth it I would have to say this was pretty good. I am reading all of The Dresden files from the start . I read the latest one and I needed to see just how it all started and to see what really happened. Now onto book two.
Wizard in the Yellow Pages Compelling action and ironic humor carry the reader into this fun novel and keep the pages turning over steadily. The author has taken a risk by using contemporary Chicago as the backdrop, but Harry Dresden, the hero, has such true Midwestern grit that he belongs in the Windy City.
Harry is under a kind of magical probation by the White Council, but he's one of the good guys. When the police find a case of out and out murder by black magic, Harry gets called in as a consultant. On the same day, a wife hires him to search for her missing husband.
Initially, I had some skepticism but Harry won me over because he has a terrible problem with modern technology: it won't work around or for him. So he has to take the stairs because elevators fail; he misses phone calls or can't hear his caller because of problems on the line...and his car, an ancient VW Beetle is well known to his mechanic. That, more than Harry's theatrical battles with demons, convinced me he was a real wizard. We've all had lives like that.
Harry Potter and the Overactive Libido "Storm Front" is a poorly written story, but a tremendous idea. The "Harry Potter all grown up in Chicago..." is the best description I've heard. Harry is always in trouble and things are always getting worse.
I'd love to see this character written by Dean Koontz. "Odd Thomas" has some definate similarities, but is much darker. And Koontz is a far superior(and more seasoned) writer. The ansillary characters are two dimensional and Chicago itself has not really been a part of the story.
With that said, people typically don't read books like the Dresden Files as literature, but more like a summer blockbuster, and that's where Butcher has succeded. These books can be read in a couple of hours and are very entertaining. The stories rarely drag and the plot twists keep on coming.
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