First, is every single woman in the series breath-takingly beautiful? It's not a big deal, obviously, but it kinda gets annoying every time Harry runs into a woman and he starts going off about how unearthly her beauty is etc.
Secondly, since I haven't read a Dresden book since Ghost Story came out, I had forgotten had long winded Harry's internal monologue can be. He can be in the middle of a conversation, start rumminating about a particular point, and come back to the conversation 2 pages later. Since this is no longer a episodic series, most readers won't be starting with this book, so why are the same old things explained again and again? I noticed that he twice explained soulfire in this book (did Butcher forget he already covered that?). Also, who is Harry talking to? I get it's the first person perspective, but sometimes it feels like Butcher is breaking the fourth wall.
Secondly, since I haven't read a Dresden book since Ghost Story came out, I had forgotten had long winded Harry's internal monologue can be. He can be in the middle of a conversation, start rumminating about a particular point, and come back to the conversation 2 pages later. Since this is no longer a episodic series, most readers won't be starting with this book, so why are the same old things explained again and again? I noticed that he twice explained soulfire in this book (did Butcher forget he already covered that?). Also, who is Harry talking to? I get it's the first person perspective, but sometimes it feels like Butcher is breaking the fourth wall.
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Cold Days spoilers and discussion!
03/12/2012 01:31:16 AM
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New day, new structures.
03/12/2012 03:01:05 AM
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Re: New day, new structures.
03/12/2012 03:42:20 PM
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My point was, the Parasite predates Lash. I agree she wouldn't have been able to fix LC
03/12/2012 04:14:04 PM
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Good book. Just a couple of nitpicks
03/12/2012 05:11:10 PM
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Heh. That's the problem with setting a book in the Faerie Courts
03/12/2012 05:44:41 PM
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The humans are all beautiful too
03/12/2012 07:48:45 PM
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Susan, Charity, Luccio/Corpsetaker, Justine, Elaine, the lawyer in Turn Coat
03/12/2012 08:06:32 PM
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Also: This is not a good way to deal with Nemesis
03/12/2012 05:52:04 PM
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You've been reading too much Cinnamon Bunzuh
03/12/2012 07:59:37 PM
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Haha, well, I'm sad that it's ending. And Nemesis=Yeerks
03/12/2012 09:47:14 PM
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He shouted out a lot of the short stories I noticed
05/12/2012 07:09:26 PM
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He referenced Gard & abduction in "Small Favor", IDR when exactly he referenced the mall incident
19/12/2012 01:50:04 AM
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