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Peace Talks First book that made Dresdenverse feel smaller -Spoilers
gawime:
Every book in the series so far helped expand the world building, at times in small ways. New antagonists; new knowledge; added characters all helped grow the Dresdenverse. Peace Talks in my mind is the first book in the entire series that bent that trajectory. I’m speaking of the Accords meeting. The Accords are supposed to be something that spans the entire supernatural world. But who do we see at chez Marcone’s? The same cast of characters we’ve always seen. That’s it? A half dozen or so powers? Where’s everyone else?
Peace talks is a deeply flawed novel...perhaps the worst in the series so far. A lot can be forgiven. But I’m not sure I can overlook taking an axe to the world building that’s been done up to now.
Mira:
--- Quote from: gawime on August 21, 2020, 03:43:05 AM ---Every book in the series so far helped expand the world building, at times in small ways. New antagonists; new knowledge; added characters all helped grow the Dresdenverse. Peace Talks in my mind is the first book in the entire series that bent that trajectory. I’m speaking of the Accords meeting. The Accords are supposed to be something that spans the entire supernatural world. But who do we see at chez Marcone’s? The same cast of characters we’ve always seen. That’s it? A half dozen or so powers? Where’s everyone else?
Peace talks is a deeply flawed novel...perhaps the worst in the series so far. A lot can be forgiven. But I’m not sure I can overlook taking an axe to the world building that’s been done up to now.
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I think it could be burnout at work, Jim going through the motions because after six years he feels
he owes us a book.
vultur:
I don't know. The local ones (the Svartalves, Marcone) and the globally-relevant ones (Summer and Winter, the White Court, the White Council) were there. Beings like the Jade Court and some Freeholding Lords we haven't met just might not have any interest.
Also, the Fomor's allies might show up in BG fighting on that side.
The Accords have been losing members recently... the Red Court's dead and the Denarians got kicked out, and I'm not sure if the Tylwyth Teg are still members (depends on if Gwynn ap Nudd was a Freeholding Lord or not, I think).
There's a lot of things in the Dresdenverse that we haven't seen, but I think we really have met the major powers (though not all the Freeholding Lords). Stuff that basically stays in the Nevernever, like most of the old gods, probably aren't on the Accords and have no reason to be there in PT.
TrueMonk:
My main argument is still that if you read the short story bombshells you cannot be surprised that not too many people show up for a rematch.
Mira:
--- Quote from: TrueMonk on August 23, 2020, 02:15:40 AM ---My main argument is still that if you read the short story bombshells you cannot be surprised that not too many people show up for a rematch.
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Bombshells it was mostly a bilateral nonaggression pact between the Svartalves and the Fomor, not as big as formal peace talks.
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