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Peace Talks - possible spoilers - you have been warned
Surprised that no one else started the thread, maybe I'm just a fast reader, or maybe it's good to be retired.
I thought the book started a bit slow, but got back in stride after the whole harry Dresden Daddy thing. David Weber went through the same thing. It makes me wonder if Jim Butcher has something going on in his personal life with regards to kids. There were a couple of things that I thought were a bit forced. The Harry verses Ebenezer thing felt forced to me. I kept thinking that we would find out that Ebenezer had been bespelled, maybe we will. It's going to be interesting to see what part the Knights of the Cross play. Obviously, they will figure in somehow. All in all, I enjoyed the book. I did read it fairly quickly. It wasn't Harry Potter good, where I stayed up all night reading, but pretty solid. I'm going to give it a week or so before listening to the audiobook. I find that I frequently pick up on things in the audiobook that I missed in the ebook. |
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Have read only your last paragraph. The plan was to read the book in two days flat, but when for me, the hype bubble burst, I decided to bear with only one chapter per day. I have given Dresden books 1 star in the past. A couple of times. And this book, IMHO, is cut from that same cloth.
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I certainly liked the book a lot more that Ghost Stories. I think that I'm going to have to read Battleground before giving Peace Talks it's final grade. |
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Peace Talks is obviously a set up book, setting the stage for Battleground. My personal feeling is that enough happened to hold my interested such that I read the book in one day. |
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To me this felt like half a book when they announced a 2nd book I thought maybe it ran to long so they decided to chop it in 2 and after finishing it I am sure of it.
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I believe it is fair to say that the short story Christmas Eve, which was planned to happen after Peace Talks, will be after Battle Ground. There hasn't been a need for the reparations to humans in Peace Talks. Another part that was in Peace Talks, which may or may not happen in Battle Ground. Since it hasn't happened yet, probably needs a spoiler:
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A question. From the book:
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Edit: fixed "at 3" to "a 3". Last edited by John F; 07-24-2020 at 04:49 PM. |
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Edit: his name was Biff, not Bill. And the full sentence: "Make like a tree and leave!" If Jim Butcher was referring to that, he would probably use the whole quote. So probably not that. Last edited by DuckieTigger; 07-24-2020 at 06:09 PM. |
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Edit: unless you mean this: https://amp.reddit.com/r/dresdenfile...t_a_reference/ ? Last edited by DuckieTigger; 07-24-2020 at 06:17 PM. |
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Freydis raised Harry from a 3 to a 6...
Edit> (after they danced at the reception IIRC) Last edited by cc_in_oh; 07-25-2020 at 08:17 AM. |
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Was the starborn reference in one of the other books? I don't recall it, but I haven't read them in a while.
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