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Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
TheWinterEmissary:
--- Quote from: emeraldsorcha on August 16, 2011, 01:40:59 AM ---I came searching for people to talk about this book with, as I just finished it last night. I LOVE this book. I love all the Dresden Files, tho CHANGES had me seriously worried for Harry (I felt he was rushing too fast, jumping without looking, and getting all kinds of f-ed up in the process), this book set those worries to rest. I feel like Harry is back to himself (mentally and physically) and I just wanna give him a giant hug! Yay!! :)
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Welcome!
--- Quote ---Was anyone else bawling when he was not saying goodbye to Karrin and visiting Maggie and Mouse? Holy crap. Tears are running down my face but I could not stop reading. Ah. Totally cathartic though, I really appreciated that, I felt it well done. Thanks Mr. Butcher.
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Maggie & Mouse yeah, though I didn't feel the same about Murphy. Personally, I'm somewhat tired of her character. I was more touched by the scenes with Molly.
--- Quote ---Totally stoked for the next one. I think Mab is so interesting, I cannot wait to see where this goes. Although, it may be good that everyone thinks Harry's dead if he's still gotta be the Winter Knight, even with his self intact. I am very curious to see what happens.
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Yeah, Cold Days should be great, and hopefully we'll get to see at least some of the reactions when people find out he's alive. Some will just be very happy, but others might be really interesting.
laura_be:
--- Quote from: emeraldsorcha on August 16, 2011, 01:40:59 AM ---Was anyone else bawling when he was not saying goodbye to Karrin and visiting Maggie and Mouse? Holy crap. Tears are running down my face but I could not stop reading. Ah. Totally cathartic though, I really appreciated that, I felt it well done. Thanks Mr. Butcher.
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Hi, and welcome! :)
I was right there with you, crying my eyes out at that end. I felt it was so difficult for Harry, so painful to say goodbye.
TheWinterEmissary:
--- Quote from: Bastard on August 15, 2011, 02:30:32 PM ---
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Hi Bastard! I believe that we've spoken very briefly on sffworld, where I go by AmethystOrator. I hope that you enjoy it here.
I finally got around to reading the first 12 books (and Aftermath) in late June/early July, and while this is only my 2nd Urban Fantasy series (after Mike Carey's Felix Castor), I definitely enjoyed it as a whole.
I had some problems with GS too, and it wound up being my least favorite of the installments so far. For me, past the opening sequence, I thought the Big Bad and the fight against her was the most underwhelming in the series. I did not like the way that some of Harry's associates and allies were acting in the book, which was part of the point, but knowing the why of something doesn't always equate to an increase in my visceral reaction to it. I, personally, was also very much looking forward to seeing the WC's reaction to Harry's having killed the Red Court, and everyone's differing reactions to Harry being alive again. Those were the big moments with which I had built up my expectations for the book. And so, I couldn't help but feel somewhat "brought down".
I didn't hate the book and the last of those hopes wasn't promised, just something that I had wanted to see, so I know that I can't in fairness be too aggrieved. And I am pleased that we found out answers to a few of the questions that I was wondering about and at least checked in on a good number of people and places, but all of the factors from the previous paragraph helped to make this, for me, less than I had hoped for. Still, I am optimistic for the future. I feel that I will see at least some of what I am hoping for in CD, and I know that I will see more of the Fae (especially Winter), and as I am a big fan of books in which the Fae play a large part, then I feel secure that Cold Days will be more to my liking.
--- Quote ---Ghost Story is also clearly a new stage setter, a bridge novel, to what one can consider the second act of the series. As such, it felt like the second book of a trilogy, and those always seem to be the toughest to write and are often the weakest of the books.
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This is especially insightful, as, in recent interviews, Jim has actually said that Changes, Ghost Story & Cold Days are a trilogy within the series. I don't have a link to the specific interview, but I'm sure that it's somewhere over in the WoJ (Word of Jim) section of the Board.
Bastard:
Sup TheWinterEmissary/AmethystOrator...
Don't recall having spoke with you any particular thread, but I recognize you from there sure. Since you mentioned that you have barely read any UF, I just posted a small list of recommendations that might be of interest to you:
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,946.msg1216045.html#msg1216045
I don't know how much I'll manage to stick around, there's too much discussion here so a bit hard to keep up for me. I'm a fan of smaller communities, but I'll try my best to stick around since I love Dresden.
TheWinterEmissary:
--- Quote from: Bastard on August 16, 2011, 03:26:48 AM ---Sup TheWinterEmissary/AmethystOrator...
Don't recall having spoke with you any particular thread, but I recognize you from there sure.
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Mostly I've been reading the other-world fantasy, while from what posts of yours I've read I know that you are much more immersed in the Urban Fantasy area, so we didn't really "move in the same circles" as it were. Either way, good to talk to you now.
--- Quote ---Since you mentioned that you have barely read any UF, I just posted a small list of recommendations that might be of interest to you:
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Thank you very much, that's quite thoughtful. I'm in the middle of some long series right now, such as the 11 currently published books in Michelle West's The Sacred Hunt/The Sun Sword/The House War, but I will definitely check into your recs once I whittle down some of my current stack.
--- Quote ---I don't know how much I'll manage to stick around, there's too much discussion here so a bit hard to keep up for me. I'm a fan of smaller communities, but I'll try my best to stick around since I love Dresden.
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I'm relatively new myself, but I get the feeling that at least some of the activity is due to the publication of GS, and that things might slow down a bit shortly. Either way, if you don't mind spoilers, I would definitely suggest looking into the Word of Jim. There are some great insights into things I didn't realize from past books, and a few revelations on plot points that will be covered in the future books.
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