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Hey, what does /lit/ think about Dresden Files? I just finished reading Ghost Story, and I was curious what people thought about the series.

>> No.2042497

Awful urban fantasy series that a considerable amount of people on /lit/ seem to enjoy.

>> No.2042567

>>2042497
> Awful urban fantasy series
Awww

>that a considerable amount of people on /lit/ seem to enjoy.
Woooo

What's so awful about it? It's not a masterpiece, but it's a pretty fun action series with an enjoyable cast.

>> No.2042742

Unrealistic Mary-Sue main character and derp dialogue to name a couple problems

Butcher hides behind the notion that it's "supposed" to read like a pulpy detective novel so that he doesn't have to be original, but just paste fantasy elements into a series of bad detective novels.

>> No.2042764

I'm loving it. It's a shame that it will take another 10 years to get close to being finished.

I suggested Jim Butcher to two of my friends and they both enjoyed them.

>> No.2042843

>>2042742
>Unrealistic Mary-Sue main character and derp dialogue to name a couple problems
Huh? Dresden fails all the time.

And the dialogue could get a little...off tangent sometimes, but I think it's good fun. Like in Ghost Story, how there's all these Star Trek references during the dramatic climax...but it worked, because it was fun.

>>2042764
I'm not going to lie, I'll be super sad when it ends. I've been reading it every year since Blood Rites.

>> No.2042908

>>2042843
I discovered it earlier this year.

He has written 13, and he claims he wants to write 25. The final three are meant to be a trilogy.

Years of entertainment left, but it sucks that they are spaced so far apart.