Storm Front introduces us to Harry Dresden, Wizard, Private Eye. Harry is complicated because he is fully immersed in the world of magic and the world of men. His private eye business is barely floundering, and most of his work comes from Chicago P.D.’s “Special Investigations” unit. (i.e. the cases that are too bizarre to have natural explanations, but the CPD is afraid to admit as much).
Lieutenant Karrin Murphy is Harry’s friend, and in charge to the S.I. unit.
There are murders that have to be solved and explained to the satisfaction of officials who only believe in the natural world. But the undercurrent of supernatural forces behind the killing spree is the real problem that needs to be solved, and unfortunately Harry doesn’t get paid what he is really worth.
You will love Harry because we all feel for the person who is the only one in the room who really knows what is going on, and we always feel defensive for people who are misjudged or falsely accused. And because when it comes down to it, he is one of the most powerful beings in this story even if it doesn’t always seem that way to Harry.
Butcher’s humor is fantastic. Harry is sarcastic and quick witted. Bob the Skull is irreverent. Karrin is irritable. The characters are natural sources of humor, and the irony of life is as well. It is hard to put a Dresden book down, because the plots never slow down, from the beginning of Storm Front, to the end of whatever is on Butcher’s laptop right now.
My score? 100. It doesn't get better than this.
My only complaint about Butcher is that he writes too slowly.
But then, I only mean that tongue-in-cheek, Jim; I understand thtat quality takes time. I’d rather you keep writing at this level of excellence than speed up and write garbage.
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