The Jim Butcher Files: Dresden . Codex Alera . Cinder Spires & More

[steven522]

Wow! A new novel and now a new original graphic novel 6 issue series?

I just saw that a new comic series called "War Cry" is out now. It takes place about four months after "Dead Beat" and covers part of the war between the White Council and the Red Court of Vampires.

[Toxaris]

Wow, I can't wait to continue reading. What a complex (for Harry that is), but wonderful book!

Spoiler:

One of the Swords broken and Michael facing Nicodemus... And I had to stop there...

[alansplace]

[alansplace]

Quoted from phoenixcomicon.com

[eschwartz]

@alansplace I cannot see the following of your embedded images from yesterday and today:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/pic...pictureid=6511
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/pic...pictureid=6508
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/pic...pictureid=6509
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They all show boilerplate "The image $image cannot be displayed because it contains errors."

[taosaur]

Finished yesterday and I wouldn't rate this one best in the series, despite my soft spot for heists/capers (mainly in film). It was a good entry, but for one thing it stretched the "beating the hell out of Harry" motif a bit beyond belief.

Spoiler:

For one thing, it never seemed to really matter that Harry had a badly broken arm. He got tossed around so much afterward and engaged in so many acrobatics that the broken arm might as well never have happened. As a plot device, it got him to Michael and the splint clinked against the knife, but for those two little payoffs it was a ham-handed move. The cumulative damage of operating under the Winter Mantle would have worked better in the cold iron scenes without the way undersold serious trauma.

The movement from act to act also seemed rather mechanical. Butcher's gift, IMO, is proceeding on formula but lending it a naturalistic feel. Here, the early movements were smooth enough but the later movements seemed telegraphed well in advance to the point that much of the latter third of the novel was just busywork. There was a grand scene toward the end, telegraphed or not, but I can't count this novel as Butcher's best work. Its redeeming virtue, as usual, was the character development. Movement of the larger arcs seemed to happen almost independent of the main action in this book, but it was still significant.

And harking back a bit to beating the hell out of Harry, one thing that should have occurred to Harry in this book and may yet come up in the future:

Spoiler:

He should totally be using cold iron to shut off the Winter Mantle most of the time, unless he's training or seriously needs it. One nail anywhere under his skin, or some lightweight version of the thorn manacles, and he can let his body recover while still having access to Winter when he needs it. If his thought process doesn't allow for such an option, then he's an addict and overdue for an intervention.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

@alansplace I cannot see the following of your embedded images from yesterday and today:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/pic...pictureid=6511...

...They all show boilerplate "The image $image cannot be displayed because it contains errors."

It appears that only I can see the images. When I sign on as a non-member on my wife's computer I can't see them. I fixed one so far and it seems to be ok, now.

It seems pretty surprising that nobody other than you told me!!

again

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by alansplace

It appears that only I can see the images. When I sign on as a non-member on my wife's computer I can't see them. I fixed one so far and it seems to be ok, now.

It seems pretty surprising that nobody other than you told me!!

again

I can see them just fine, so it's not a universal issue. *shrug*

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

I can see them just fine, so it's not a universal issue. *shrug*

Really! Well, I've altered almost half of them already, guess I'll continue.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

I can see them just fine, so it's not a universal issue. *shrug*

Did you mean to say this?:

Now that you fixed them, I can see them just fine, so it's not an issue anymore.

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Did you mean to say this?:

No, because I could see them just fine yesterday, too.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Did you mean to say this?:

They are not all fixed yet since I've been running into errors when I try and save the changes I've just made!!!

[tea2]

I was gonna say something …I couldn't see them either. Now I can.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by tea2

I was gonna say something …I couldn't see them either. Now I can.

I believe that I've finally gotten all of them altered to work correctly.

[steven522]

Originally Posted by alansplace

I believe that I've finally gotten all of them altered to work correctly.

Post 3800 still shows the placeholder squres for me.