The first one or two aren't very good. They're all terribly wordy, but somewhere in books 4-7 or so he gets a handle on what he's doing and the books become pretty decent. And Dresden himself is so damn likable I often don't mind the extra verbiage.
That said, I prefer Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels when it comes to "that kind of thing."
Ah well. I've also had a powerful urge to read a bunch more PK Dick (after re-reading High Castle recently) and Samuel Delany. Maybe that's the urge to indulge.
I've never read the first nor felt any lack from this. The second is really good. So is the fourth, which I read first, and which stood alone just fine. I'm not sure what I think of the third. I liked the fifth, more or less, though I have issues with not the ending per se, but the way it's presented. There was a lot I liked about the sixth -- but that's also where I decided to get off. It wasn't just the power escalation. It was the B-plot, where Harry decides to get proactive so the author can have a B-plot, but at the end, accomplishes nothing. Oh, but, fans assure me, it is set up for book 7. In that case, I contend, it should be in book 7.
So, why are you thinking of reading them? I don't think there's anything especially new there, from your point of view.
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That said, I prefer Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels when it comes to "that kind of thing."
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Ah well. I've also had a powerful urge to read a bunch more PK Dick (after re-reading High Castle recently) and Samuel Delany. Maybe that's the urge to indulge.
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The second is really good. So is the fourth, which I read first, and which stood alone just fine.
I'm not sure what I think of the third. I liked the fifth, more or less, though I have issues with not the ending per se, but the way it's presented.
There was a lot I liked about the sixth -- but that's also where I decided to get off. It wasn't just the power escalation. It was the B-plot, where Harry decides to get proactive so the author can have a B-plot, but at the end, accomplishes nothing. Oh, but, fans assure me, it is set up for book 7. In that case, I contend, it should be in book 7.
So, why are you thinking of reading them? I don't think there's anything especially new there, from your point of view.