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Originally Posted by Lin2412
Thank you! This is usually my gripe with unfinished books (looking at Game of Thrones) because it always leaves you hanging (although Megan Whalen Turner's unfinished Queen's Thief is something I truly enjoy because every book always has an air of finality).
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Yes, the leaving hang part is bad. It may or may not be a problem for Dresden though. Each book in the series is completely finished if it comes to the story that is told. The character development throughout the books is what connects the series together. And of course everything follows a main story line - we just get to see small finished pieces chained together into one loooong story. Sure, there will be open ends after each book, but that is where the next books connect to. Tie open ends and open a lot more. A very complex world (more complex than Harry Potter's world) that gets explained as you go on a need to know basis. And need to know you need all. Jim almost never gives out details that won't play a small or big part later on in the books.
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I'll take baby steps for Dresden files and temporarily aim for the first book. Thank you for the length comparison with the other books, DuckieTigger. 
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Good way to handle it. There is difference in opinion when and if you get hooked. I liked the first book very much already, and others will tell you that it is only mediocre compared to some other books in the series. It truly gets better as it goes on, but that is because it is one big thought-out story, IMO.
Don't let mediocre scare you away - that is only when comparing it to other Jim Butcher books, not to books in general. The only thing that won't change is the writing style and weird sense of humor - you either love it or hate it. I personally hate that I have to wait so long for the next book, so that means I love the series a lot.
