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First three, for me Tavi Send a noteboard - 22/06/2010 04:59:49 PM
Or is it the first three?

I still enjoyed them, but if the entire series was like the first few books, I wouldn't have read them.

They get bigger and better once it hits.... book 3, I'd say.


The biggest problem with Storm Front is that the entire book was written for a creative writing class Butcher was enrolled in. That's why it, and to an extent, the next two, are so formulaic. I didn't really get into the series until book four, Summer Knight when he seems to find his own voice.

Just give it time. The books get a lot better as they continue.

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Am I missing something about the Dresden Files? Tom - 22/06/2010 04:05:52 PM 581 Views
I haven't read them, but I understand they're not that deep, but fun, and get better as they go on. *NM* Legolas - 22/06/2010 04:23:20 PM 127 Views
I'm not really feeling the "fun" just yet. I'll finish this book, though. *NM* Tom - 22/06/2010 05:19:40 PM 176 Views
To be honest, the first two books are a bit formulaic beetnemesis - 22/06/2010 04:27:01 PM 388 Views
First three, for me Tavi - 22/06/2010 04:59:49 PM 370 Views
My time is valuable. I'm not giving an author three books of my time just to see if I like him. *NM* Tom - 22/06/2010 05:16:34 PM 162 Views
They're short books! *NM* Rebekah - 22/06/2010 05:20:43 PM 135 Views
That's true. I got through the first couple shortly. And, note, they're not BAD, they're just a bit beetnemesis - 23/06/2010 08:40:29 PM 317 Views
I stopped at the end of 3 (or 4), so maybe I'll start again *NM* Deadsy - 25/06/2010 12:00:46 PM 131 Views
The first book really isn't a good example of the series. Jacob - 22/06/2010 04:27:45 PM 370 Views
This is a good reply. *NM* Rebekah - 22/06/2010 05:10:21 PM 130 Views
I think the only way I would continue is if those "hints" are promising enough for me. Tom - 22/06/2010 05:19:06 PM 379 Views
Which is the way that it should be. Jacob - 22/06/2010 07:22:42 PM 321 Views
Not really Larry - 22/06/2010 05:52:22 PM 371 Views
I may abandon the read altogether and just read something else. Tom - 22/06/2010 06:24:36 PM 393 Views
Do you like Fitzgerald's writing? Larry - 22/06/2010 10:14:25 PM 346 Views
Yes. For reasons I can't even fathom. Tom - 23/06/2010 01:49:33 AM 326 Views
Jacob - 22/06/2010 07:23:24 PM 326 Views
Larry - 22/06/2010 08:47:20 PM 340 Views
Jacob - 23/06/2010 02:14:46 PM 328 Views
They grow up. nossy - 22/06/2010 10:05:37 PM 348 Views
Yeah...uh...I'm probably going to finish this book. Tom - 23/06/2010 01:50:19 AM 354 Views
Good idea. nossy - 23/06/2010 04:29:23 PM 322 Views
Let me clarify: the book may be finished at some point in some year. Tom - 23/06/2010 09:53:43 PM 329 Views
They are lovely. Rebekah - 23/06/2010 09:57:28 PM 307 Views
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