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Originally Posted by Pax
Alright, yesterday evening I finished Storm Front. To be honest I actually expected more.
I didn't like the combination of a detective story and magic. It felt to me that the reader is not in the position to figure the mystery. Magic can always make things reasonable, when logic failes.
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Since Harry's character was created with a mix of attributes from Jim Butcher's favorite fictional private detectives (Holmes and Spenser) and wizards (Merlin and Gandalf), considering what you just said, it seems to me that it is unlikely that you'll like any of the Harry Dresden books for those very same reasons.
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Originally Posted by Pax
I will read Fool Mool to give this series another chance. I want to see why alansplace is so hooked by these books.  |
I like them because they never fail to entertain me and because of the things that you state that you don't care for.
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Originally Posted by Pax
@alansplace What was it that the author wanted to prove to his professor?
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He says he was trying to prove to her that her method she was teaching them was no good and led to formulaic pap.
