Whew! It's.. pretty awesome. But like, awesome in a kinda guilty pleasure way. Still. Awesome.
(Changes, especially. Awesome.)
(Oh, and of course, Zombie T-Rex is so awesome that... I need to stop saying awesome.)
The only problem is that there's a bunch of books, and pretty much EVERYTHING becomes a Chekhov's Gun of some sort. There are STILL a couple of things I don't get. Like, who fixed Little Chicago? Who trashed Harry's car back in... god, I don't even remember, I just remember someone went to town on Harry's car with a bat.
Cassius trashed Harry's car with the bat, because Harry had trashed him with a bat. I have no clue who fixed Little Chicago, but I'm guessing Lea (Harry's Godmother). It would be like her to cross from the Nevernever into Harry's lab, and if she noticed that Little Chicago would fry his brain, she'd probably fix it, since that would be in keeping with her bargain with Harry's mom.
Hm, the Cassius thing makes sense. the Lea thing COULD work- she lives right on the other side of the NeverNever, after all- but I dunno, it feels... off. Honestly, it feels like it's a setup for a time-travel book a few years down the road.
Pretty sure it was the Eebs. Harry mentioned that Esmerelda's eyes could make the assassin believe he had been hired by Mister Snuffleupagus, if that's what they wanted. That fits with their previous MO: keep making attempts on Harry's life, wear him down until an attempt succeeds.
I guess... although the assassination didn't ACCIDENTALLY fail, it was DESIGNED to fail. The assassin was a "small arms specialist," the kind of weapon that Harry is in fact best suited to defend against. And why disguise as Susan?
I think the reason that hasn't happened yet is because Harry usually has something major going on at the same time, so there's not really much opportunity for revealing conversations. In Summer Knight, when he and Rashid are talking, Harry has to stop a war between the Faerie Courts. In Turn Coat, there's about to be a meeting between the White Council, the White Court, Shagnasty, and whatever opposition the traitor brings to bear. And once everything is over, the questions he would ask tend to get lost in the haze of "I'm still alive!"
Eh. The books tend to take place about a year apart- even if everything is crazy for a month or so after each book, that still leaves a good chunk of time to send an owl over to the Gatekeeper going "Hey! What's with this island I've got?"
Oh, LAST last minor nitpick- Harry had a sword that he sometimes used- helped him with Earth magic, I think. Whatever happened to that?
He had a cane sword carved with runes that he used in the fight against Papa Raith in Blood Rights. I assume it went up in flames with his apartment in Changes. The only things that survived were the Swords, Bob the Skull, Mister, and Mouse.
Not JUST those- he had a whole sack full of illegal and special magical stuff that he threw in his sack. Powdered... ghostbane, was it? Something else? Special stuff, regardless.
November can't come soon enough. We get the novella "Aftermath" set 45 minutes after the end of Changes, from Murphy's point of view. And April of next year, hopefully, we get the next book in the series, Ghost Story.
Sweeeeeeeet. I've heard there are some short stories scattered around as well, I've gotta check those out.
I amuse myself.
Just finished reading all of the Dresden Files... - Here Be Spoilers.
- 13/05/2010 07:44:06 AM
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SPOILERS
- 13/05/2010 06:12:15 PM
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It's DISCUSSION. I figured that'd be obvious.
- 13/05/2010 06:34:17 PM
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does anyone else think that it is
- 13/05/2010 09:48:26 PM
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