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Harry Dresden, walking pincushion
Since Dresden Files seems to be the latest "gotta watch it" thing slowly taking over Livejournal, I decided to check out the books; when a film or show is based upon a book, I usually prefer to start with the source material and then see the show.
The earliest book in the series at Barnes & Noble was book three, so I bought that and read it.
Sweet baby Jesus's toes! If all the books are like this, I can see why h/c people are flipping out over this series! This book was sort of like one of those fanfics where (x) character falls down a flight of stairs while leaving the hospital after major surgery, breaks both arms, develops a life-threatening infection and, while staggering back to the hospital, gets mugged in an alley and then, still crawling towards the hospital leaving a trail of blood, gets run over by a bus, knocked into the ocean and attacked by a shark. (Okay, yes, exaggerating, but you know the kind I'm talking about...)
After a certain point, I was kinda just reading along in amazement that he could still be *alive*. And speaking of which, I love how many of his plans (two in this book alone) include killing himself as a vital element of the plan.
I'm now reading the first book (hubby's already read it, that and book 3 ... it was pretty much all he did yesterday) and we watched the first episode of the series last night. Hubby and I agree that they did an awesome job of casting Harry, very true to the books, but the rest of it ... hmm. There's a certain vital something that's missing. Although I noticed that the "horrible things happen to Harry at the drop of a hat" motif carried through into the series as well...
Oh, and I love the sense of humor in the books, as well. I totally cracked up when he's crafting a magic love potion in the first book and the ingredients are (among other things): tequila, chocolate, a romance novel and a $50 bill. These books are like Harry Potter on crack.
The earliest book in the series at Barnes & Noble was book three, so I bought that and read it.
Sweet baby Jesus's toes! If all the books are like this, I can see why h/c people are flipping out over this series! This book was sort of like one of those fanfics where (x) character falls down a flight of stairs while leaving the hospital after major surgery, breaks both arms, develops a life-threatening infection and, while staggering back to the hospital, gets mugged in an alley and then, still crawling towards the hospital leaving a trail of blood, gets run over by a bus, knocked into the ocean and attacked by a shark. (Okay, yes, exaggerating, but you know the kind I'm talking about...)
After a certain point, I was kinda just reading along in amazement that he could still be *alive*. And speaking of which, I love how many of his plans (two in this book alone) include killing himself as a vital element of the plan.
I'm now reading the first book (hubby's already read it, that and book 3 ... it was pretty much all he did yesterday) and we watched the first episode of the series last night. Hubby and I agree that they did an awesome job of casting Harry, very true to the books, but the rest of it ... hmm. There's a certain vital something that's missing. Although I noticed that the "horrible things happen to Harry at the drop of a hat" motif carried through into the series as well...
Oh, and I love the sense of humor in the books, as well. I totally cracked up when he's crafting a magic love potion in the first book and the ingredients are (among other things): tequila, chocolate, a romance novel and a $50 bill. These books are like Harry Potter on crack.