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Dresden book 5
Enough meta for a while; I need to think about something else. How about Dresden Files, book 5?
I just can't get into the show. I'm sorry; I've tried; I skipped forward and watched ep 6, which seemed to be the big one that made people squee, and I just can't get into the show the way I've gotten into the books. I like TV Harry, but I don't like TV Murphy at all, and I prefer Bob as a skull, and I miss the other recurring characters. Yes ... I'm a book snob. Maybe when I finish the book series, I'll go back and watch the TV series for my fix.
The books, meanwhile, are achieving new heights of awesome.
I'm really falling in love with the recurring cast, particularly Murphy and Michael; in their own different ways, they both make good foils for Harry's down-and-out, extra-legal dogooder-ness. Not so much Murphy in this book, but she was ten kinds of cool last book, taking on the ogre with a chainsaw. *squee!*
Harry refusing the demon's bargain, even in the face of (nearly) certain death. Squee again! What I love most about Harry, I think, is the way that under all the layers of snark and attitude, he's such an incredibly good person. I like the way that he's slowly building up a group of people around him who are able to see that. I also like the way that his situation slowly evolves, with each book a little different than the one before; it's not just "the next adventure of ...", but an internally consistent world where little details from earlier books become major plot points in later ones. I love that.
And I also love a good death fake-out; this one was especially convincing because they'd just killed Shiro, and I'm still sad about Meryl from the last book. It's true -- you have to keep the audience guessing; it's so much more suspenseful when you really don't know if the characters are going to survive. And while I was hoping for an "out" (I'd actually guessed that Harry might accept the demonic coin in order to bring Michael back; if anything could make him go darkside, offering him the chance to save his friends would do it) I wasn't sure whether to expect one.
"My faith protects me. My Kevlar helps." Hee.
I'm going into town this afternoon to have lunch with friends, and I think I'll see if Barnes & Noble has the rest of the books while I'm there ...
I just can't get into the show. I'm sorry; I've tried; I skipped forward and watched ep 6, which seemed to be the big one that made people squee, and I just can't get into the show the way I've gotten into the books. I like TV Harry, but I don't like TV Murphy at all, and I prefer Bob as a skull, and I miss the other recurring characters. Yes ... I'm a book snob. Maybe when I finish the book series, I'll go back and watch the TV series for my fix.
The books, meanwhile, are achieving new heights of awesome.
I'm really falling in love with the recurring cast, particularly Murphy and Michael; in their own different ways, they both make good foils for Harry's down-and-out, extra-legal dogooder-ness. Not so much Murphy in this book, but she was ten kinds of cool last book, taking on the ogre with a chainsaw. *squee!*
Harry refusing the demon's bargain, even in the face of (nearly) certain death. Squee again! What I love most about Harry, I think, is the way that under all the layers of snark and attitude, he's such an incredibly good person. I like the way that he's slowly building up a group of people around him who are able to see that. I also like the way that his situation slowly evolves, with each book a little different than the one before; it's not just "the next adventure of ...", but an internally consistent world where little details from earlier books become major plot points in later ones. I love that.
And I also love a good death fake-out; this one was especially convincing because they'd just killed Shiro, and I'm still sad about Meryl from the last book. It's true -- you have to keep the audience guessing; it's so much more suspenseful when you really don't know if the characters are going to survive. And while I was hoping for an "out" (I'd actually guessed that Harry might accept the demonic coin in order to bring Michael back; if anything could make him go darkside, offering him the chance to save his friends would do it) I wasn't sure whether to expect one.
"My faith protects me. My Kevlar helps." Hee.
I'm going into town this afternoon to have lunch with friends, and I think I'll see if Barnes & Noble has the rest of the books while I'm there ...