The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Saw a Release Date for Peace Talks, True or Just Another Rumor?
Dina:
Shup up :P
Seriously, I like Rowl a lot but not as much as other characters. I love most of the "cast" of this book.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on April 13, 2018, 11:03:48 PM ---My problem with Cinder Spires was that it spent a lot of time with characters that weren't Rowl.
I mean, seriously, the entire thing should be about him. JB should write multiple POV's, but they should exist solely to tell the story of Rowl.
I'm in favor of renaming the series The Rowl Files.
I'm hoping for a crossover series with Mister, where the two grudgingly work together to save two worlds from the incompetence of their pet humans.
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lol that's funny. My brother thought the cats were the most boring, and loved someone else. I think it was a captain? Anyways goes to show that we all pick which characters we love, even if the author doesn't plan it that way.
Talby16:
--- Quote from: groinkick on April 14, 2018, 04:37:54 AM ---lol that's funny. My brother thought the cats were the most boring, and loved someone else. I think it was a captain? Anyways goes to show that we all pick which characters we love, even if the author doesn't plan it that way.
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Exactly. I liked Rowl's viewpoint and I would love to delve into the cat's society, but the warriorborn and the Perilous Incident both intrigue me as well. There are enough seeds sown for everyone to latch onto something.
wardenferry419:
"But the cat was cool and he never said a mumblin' word."
Kindler:
I really liked the Cinder Spires, but I'm hoping for a tighter focus in the next book. Some of the characterization felt a little forced to me; the only protagonists who felt natural were Gwen, Grim, and Rowl. The others just kinda felt stilted, like...well, like characters in a book. I felt similarly during the first entry to the Codex Alera, which (in my opinion) figured out what it was during the second book.
I still liked it, and it's mandatory reading on my Annual Butcher Reread, don't get me wrong. But... anyone here ever read Dracula? You know how some of the characters kinda just say things, and you roll with it because of the format of the book, but some of them never feel like people? Like Lucy and Quincy, to me. That's kinda the same note that struck me with some of the characters.
Liked the plot, liked the world that was being built (the highlight, for me), liked the mechanics, and generally liked the characters, but I want more from the next entry.
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