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EBRIEN:
Continuing my re read of the Files. Good stuff. Previously, and I'm not sure why, GS never seems to stick with me for some reason. I've both read and listened to it. It's the odd one for me in the series. This time, it feels much better to me. Not sure if I'm just in the right mindset or what, but details are really sticking and I'm nearly done and I can't wait until the end and maybe restart it.

1st--Am I the only one who feels this way? Or out of all the novels, is this the one that doesn't hit a homeroom initially and you have to come back to it?

2nd--Harry as the Winter Knight. As a spirit, should Harry have been able to draw upon Winter? I mean, he was able to capitalize on his magical memories and use them as weapons...shouldn't he have been able to do the same with Winter? (And maybe even more so and to a more dramatic effect?)

Ok. Cheers and best to everyone!

B

Talby16:
I agree that Ghost Story was the odd story out for me. I read it when I first came out and then didn't touch it again for a long time. I just kept reading around it. I think part of that was due to it being so different narratively speaking. We don't see the typical Harry kicking butt and taking names. Another part of it being odd was that in a way nothing changed. Yes, Harry learned some things, but it was just a bridge to get him from his death to the Winter Knight arc. It didn't help that outside of one bit of dialogue in Cold Days and another small bit in Skin Game (both with Butters I believe), there really has not been much mention of the events of GS by the characters.

That being said, it has grown on me. I now see it as a refreshing change of pace from the other stories. I have come to like the introspection and Harry digging deeper into himself. Ghost Story is part of the reason I am excited for Twelve Months. I'm hoping we get another character piece as opposed to an action piece.

As to your second question, as I understand it, Harry was drawing on his memories to act upon the world. He was only able to interact within the sphere of how he remembered acting. Since he had not done any work really as the Winter Knight, he did not have any memories to draw upon to fuel Winter Knight-like actions.

Mira:

  I think as one goes back and rereads books in a series, stuff that may not move when first read, hits home on the reread.  Why because we see the character in the now, and going back to the earlier books we see how and understand why they became.

g33k:
GS took me a while to come to grips with it, but I did so by about 1/3 - 1/2 way through, and enjoyed the rest (and all of each re-read) very much.


--- Quote from: EBRIEN on June 07, 2025, 01:43:59 AM ---  2nd--Harry as the Winter Knight. As a spirit, should Harry have been able to draw upon Winter? I mean, he was able to capitalize on his magical memories and use them as weapons...shouldn't he have been able to do the same with Winter? (And maybe even more so and to a more dramatic effect?) 
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I think Winter -- or at least the Winter Knight -- is very physical, very embodied, very animal.
Winter has very little traction with a ghost/soul.

Mira:

--- Quote from: g33k on June 08, 2025, 04:02:57 AM ---GS took me a while to come to grips with it, but I did so by about 1/3 - 1/2 way through, and enjoyed the rest (and all of each re-read) very much.

I think Winter is very physical, very embodied, very animal.
Winter has very little traction with a ghost/soul.

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The human soul is out of Mab's jurisdiction, free will win the day..   

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