[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

WOW!

I'v read 30 chapters and every chapter gets better and better!

WOWZERS!

Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy

Me too. WOW.
If this continues, I think "Skin Game" will edge out "Dead Beat" as my favourite Dresden novel!

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Hi, it has been a while. Now it is time for my take on Skin Game - and hopefully get a discussion rolling. Watch out I have my brain-picker in my hand.

Skin Game is a really good book. Good enough that you have to at once reread it the first time around. That means if you plan on reading it for the very first time, please allow the time to read it twice. And that is why I think that is: (the spoiler is not very strong, but it will nethertheless potentially spoil the fun of reading it the first time around)

Spoiler:

You have to reread just to see how othen Grey asks Harry by adressing him "wizard." That in itself is a difference to say, Storm Front - a book I would not want to right away read again - I just read it again to start the series over, but are happy to have moved on to Fool Moon. Storm Front had 3 independent story lines that got all connected in the end but a bit easier to remember. No need to immediately read again after finishing. On the other hand whoever claims that they understood Skin Game the very first time around is delusional - the story is different when you know what to look for. The story line is not any different, but a new dimension opens on who is on which team. In Storm Front it was more like: ahh right all fits together now in the end. Skin game? You have to reread or you wonder that you missed something. You did not miss anything, only if you know can you see.

Any thoughts welcome. Just remember spoilers are spoilers even if very slight - if in doubt reply completely spoilered ...

Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy

Basically did exactly what you did, and for the same reason.

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

So what did you think when you read it the second time? Disappointed that there was only a few questions, or that there was more than you thought there was, or simply enjoyed it no matter how? If you basically did what I did then I could answer for you, but I am not sure.

Did Jim Butcher play some dirty mind games with us?

The main reason I re-read it was to enjoy it again and since I listened to the audio version this time it was also to enjoy James Marsters' reading performance! But my re-reading of Skin Game was certainly not to answer any particular outstanding question(s) that I might have had (I had none). Also, no dirty mind games were apparent to me. I'm going to start re-reading it again (the text version again this time) before the end of July! Why? To ENJOY it again!