The part of the story that almost made me give up reading it was the bit where Harry had to save himself and a woman by remaining inside a wizard circle (something like that). I often rolled my eyes reading their descriptions, which also included their type of makeup, sometimes described as “of sufficient quality” (what does that mean?). The supporting characters didn’t stand out much, and I did not like how the women are portrayed. I think the attempt was to make him likable, but instead he came across as quite sexist. I think it’s because of how he’s portrayed. The protagonist, especially, was unappealing.
The story was interesting while reading, but I completed the book feeling underwhelmed by it and not liking the protagonist or the writing much. ( Goodreads)Īs far as the plot goes, that’s as much as I can remember in the five months or so since I read it. For this story, he’s helping a woman find her husband, who seems to have gotten mixed up in some dark magic doings, and helping his detective friend (a woman whose name I forgot) solve a series of grisly murders that seem to point to Harry as the probable perpetrator. He even pitches in at the Chicago police department sometimes. I thought of him as a wizardly private investigator. It follows a wizard for hire named Harry Dresden (Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, to be exact), who uses his wizardly skills to help people find things… or other people. Storm Front is urban fantasy and the first novel in Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series. It’s one I’ve often heard mentioned in the fantasy sphere, so I decided to finally try it when I was at a loss about what next to borrow from the library. Here’s another book I read some time ago - back in June, in fact.
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