Adding my name to the "just finished" list.
I was entertained by the book... with reservations. Like many, I had a hard time separating Peter Parker from Harry Dresden, though never once did it feel like JB was trying to shoehorn a foreign character into his own mold. If anything, it reinforced in my mind how very similar Dresden is to Spidey (the warning shout of "Warning!" made me chuckle). Though JB's style complimented the Spider-Man character, the echoes of Harry Dresden were always there. That comparison took me out of the book many, many times. Separation was difficult.
I also found there to be a lot of lecturing going on. Every time Peter turned around, he was getting monologed by one of the women in his life. What a good man he is, how considerate, how much responsibility he takes for the innocents around him. Let it go, ladies. He's been doing this for a long time. He knows his role.
Long as I'm nitpicking, the arc with the kid on the team felt like an add-on, a space-filler which barely served any purpose beyond bookending the main plot.
Apart from those very, very minor quibbles, it was a good read. I liked the fact that JB kept the danger on a personal level, instead of throwing Spidey into a world-saving scenario. I always hated story arcs where human heroes (Spidey, Bats, DD, etc) are given responsibility for every person on the planet. Seems to miss the point of the heroes, as far as I'm concerned. By keeping the story focused on Spidey and those he loves, the core humanity of the man was preserved. Big bonus.
Bottom line: as long as he writes 'em, I'll reads 'em.
