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Originally Posted by danskmacabre
What was it you hated about Atticus?
The writing style is quite different than the Dresden files I guess, it's not really as good, but I found it to be an enjoyable read nevertheless.
I thought the Atticus character was interesting, sort of moral , but less morally conflicted, he doesn't seem to have that much of a problem killing stuff if it threatens him, whereas Harry Dresden would hesitate more.
In a way it was nice to see a character just get on with the job instead of hesitating so much.
AS to similarities, Well the world is kinda similar, faeries, werewolves, the general Fae set up and Atticus is a guardian of his "Patch" much like Harry Dresden.
Whilst Atticus isn't an investigator, he pretty much fulfills the same role.
At the end of the day, I enjoyed the first book, I thought the DF 1 st book Stormfront was a bit primitive, but the series improved dramatically as it went on. Perhaps it'll be something like that with the Iron Druid series.
Still I guess it's not you your tastes, so like you say, each to his own.  |
I find it difficult to recall accurately my exact feeling at the time, so here's another part of that conversation from January:
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Originally Posted by Abtacha
Not sure if you're missing anything, but I do remember that I found Atticus a bit Mary Sue-ish at first. It certainly took some time for me to really get into the book, though I don't think I ever wanted to quit. And I really started to like Atticus along the way, especially in combination with Oberon.
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Mary Sue-ish? Er....I hate to have to ask, but what does that mean? I like Harry Dresden, Rachel Morgan, Mercy Thompson and others in the genre because they care about people. But this guy Atticus says:
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“Aye, but they are unlikely to provide you much sport.” I was not about to defend them or beg for a stay of execution; the best I could do was imply that they were not worth the trouble.
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That's just not very admirable in a supposed protagonist.
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