The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Continuity drift - Lara and soul gazes
Mr. Mouse:
--- Quote from: GreenMysticalUnicorn on January 17, 2026, 11:40:58 PM ---I have a feeling a few key beta readers have left in the last few years the ones who really pick up on tiny things.
I remember the good old days of these old forums and Jim and prescille and so many close to Jim were active here. There was a trust in Jim’s writing, everything felt so deliberate and thorough. And while the story is still very strong (12M is a favourite) I can’t help but think the tightness of the writing since PT is gone. It’s small things but then again Justine being on the island in cold days but it being the entire plot point for battle ground and the Jim claiming in an interview actually she wants nfected then.. it could get really plot holish and messy if they don’t tighten things up and pronto. More is at stake.
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I think this is a problem generally with series that a) have more than a dozen books and/or b) have large gaps between publication dates. Then there's the fatal flaw of doing a "untold story from earlier" book, which Jim has avoided doing ... so far.
Griffimus:
--- Quote from: g33k on January 16, 2026, 05:24:49 PM ---Jim usually includes some new-to-Dresden exposition in every book, and this seems like an example....
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This is about the only thing I dislike about the Dresden files books. After the first 6 books explained the "Blue Beetle" to us over and over and over I was like "Yeah Jim, I already freakin know this....." If someone starts reading a book series at the end they deserve to be lost and not clued into the small details..
Mira:
--- Quote ---This is about the only thing I dislike about the Dresden files books. After the first 6 books explained the "Blue Beetle" to us over and over and over I was like "Yeah Jim, I already freakin know this....." If someone starts reading a book series at the end they deserve to be lost and not clued into the small details..
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That's what I call "filler," but at least we know the story behind the Blue Beetle and finally that plot thread was resolved. What pisses me off is the dozens of other plot threads that have been left dangling.
Mr. Mouse:
--- Quote from: Griffimus on January 19, 2026, 03:41:51 AM ---
This is about the only thing I dislike about the Dresden files books. After the first 6 books explained the "Blue Beetle" to us over and over and over I was like "Yeah Jim, I already freakin know this....." If someone starts reading a book series at the end they deserve to be lost and not clued into the small details..
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It's funny. In the first book of a series the author is enjoined not to make a lot of digressions to explain characters and situations as distracting from the action and anyway the mystery builds engagement and suspense. In later books you get the main character asked a question on page 2 which causes him/her to consider the appearance and previous interactions with multiple people for four pages (to inform new readers what longtime readers already know) and then a reply of "no" when the reader has forgotten what the question was.
GreenMysticalUnicorn:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 19, 2026, 01:58:21 PM ---That's what I call "filler," but at least we know the story behind the Blue Beetle and finally that plot thread was resolved. What pisses me off is the dozens of other plot threads that have been left dangling.
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Surly these will be resolved though
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