They're worth a read from the library. There's some good original stuff buried in there.
Avoid Butcher's "Furies" series, though. I just finished the last one on sheer bloody-mindedness. I'd read the first five, liking each less than the previous one; damned if I didn't finish the last one no matter how hard I wanted to fling it.
They're very addictive mindcandy. The first few are worth the read for anyone who likes urban fantasy; after that ... it depends; drcpunk got fed up with the power escalation, and while it doesn't bother me, she has a point. That said, you won't have missed great literature if you skip them.
Do read in order; the twists and turns of both the world-plot and the character-building are interesting.
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."
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Personally, I liked them. I agree with prior posters: they are fun mindcandy, there is an issue of power escalation but it gets caught in time.
IMNSHO, Butcher catches the power escalation just as it's about to cross the line into "ok, now he's just stupid" and nerfs Dresden back to reasonable levels. Furthermore, he does it in an interesting way that has the potential for some cool future plot coupons. Interestingly, he does NOT nerf the opposition at the same time, so we'll see what happens in later books.
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Avoid Butcher's "Furies" series, though. I just finished the last one on sheer bloody-mindedness. I'd read the first five, liking each less than the previous one; damned if I didn't finish the last one no matter how hard I wanted to fling it.
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Do read in order; the twists and turns of both the world-plot and the character-building are interesting.
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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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Personally, I liked them. I agree with prior posters: they are fun mindcandy, there is an issue of power escalation but it gets caught in time.
IMNSHO, Butcher catches the power escalation just as it's about to cross the line into "ok, now he's just stupid" and nerfs Dresden back to reasonable levels. Furthermore, he does it in an interesting way that has the potential for some cool future plot coupons. Interestingly, he does NOT nerf the opposition at the same time, so we'll see what happens in later books.