Death Masks
Ratings319
Average rating4.1
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Ratings319
Average rating4.1
Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Harry Dresden should be happy that business is good - makes a change. But now he's getting more than he bargained for: a duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards; professional hit men using Harry for target practice; the missing Shroud of Turin (less missing than expected) and a headless corpse the Chicago police need identifying . . . Not to mention the return of Harry's ex-girlfriend Susan, still struggling with her semi-vampiric nature. And who seems to have a new man. Some days, it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. No matter how much you're charging. Magic - it can get a guy killed.
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The Dresden files just keep getting better and better! Highly recommend it! If you like fantasy in a modern world, you should start reading the series.
This was a great addition to the Dresden series. I love the fact that Susan was back and the scene with Harry was hot. I never thought Harry would get out of the situations he was in but of course he did LOL with help from unexpected sources too.
Executive Summary: To me this is where the series stops being so formulaic and starts to get really intersting. I really enjoyed re-visiting this one.
Audio book: James Marsters gets better with each book. His Russian and Japanese accents are enjoyable in this one.
Full Review
While the book still follows the format of Harry gets a case and mayhem ensues, we at least break from the mysterious attractive female bit.
Someone has stolen the Shroud of Turin, and apparently fled to Chicago with it. The Vatican has hired Harry to help track it down.
In this book we get to meet the remaining Knights of the Cross Shiro the accidental Baptist (thank you Elvis Presley), and Sayno the Russian Atheist.
We also meet some of my favorite baddies in the series, Order of the Blackened Denarius.
I've seen complaints that this book suffers from the dual plot lines, but I don't find it an issue. I equate this to what many TV shows do. You have your on-going season story arc mingled in with story for that particular episode. Things are continuing to build and Dresden's focus is split.
It's hard to talk more about the book without getting into spoilers, but like most books in the series, it's a quick and fun read.
These remain entertaining and fun for me without ever reaching thrilling and compelling.
The series is kind of like old episodic television shows, where they'd have a “monster of the week” plotline. There would be some really great character actor guest stars. In this case, they'd play Shiro and Sanya and recurring character Johnny Marcone. The world-building and some of the supporting characters are good.
As for the overall series arc so far, the conflict of the Red vs. White Court is missing any real stakes to make it interesting, and as for Harry's romance with Susan, I'm not feeling it. Sex scenes aren't enough to tell a story of their connection.
I did enjoy the Archive, though and I hope she returns.
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