Still reading When Moon Hits the Eye by John Scalzi.
Had some vacation, so didn’t get time to read much.
What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?
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I have done the first 4 books of The Dresden Files now. It is alright and the last book, the summer knight was better than those preceding it but generally not sure how I feel about it so far.
It isn’t bad and I will continue on a few more books to see how it goes. I like the ideas and setting but I really don’t like any of the characters to be honest, particularly Dresden and his excessively ethical approach to everything even to his own detriment is pretty fucking tiring to be honest. Also if I hear the word fuego one more time I might break things…
So to have a break from Dresden I have been listening to He Who Fights Monsters. It is another litrpg book and so far it is like Solo Levelling and Dungeon Crawler Carl had a child with a bit of Beware of Chicken sprinkled in. It isn’t bad so far but as it is right now all of the aforementioned books do what they do a lot better. I’ll see how I feel at the end of this first book but I think it could go either way.
It’s been a while since I’ve read the Dresden books, but IIRC it sticks pretty close to the formula:
There’s a new threat in town.
Dresden investigates.
Dresden gets in over his head and mouths off at the baddies.
Dresden gets the shit kicked out of him.
Dresden refuses to give up. His grit is key to vanquishing the threat even when it looked impossible.
He does fuego a lot in the early books. I think that lessens later on, but IDK how soon it tapers off.
I do enjoy how he upgrades his equipment from story to story.
lol, that’s so true.
I haven’t read many urban fantasy, but from the ones I have read I think that’s just how the genre is, it has that “monster of the week” feel.
Have you read any Kim Harrison? Her “Hollows” novels had a different feel from the Dresden books while also being solidly urban fantasy (TBF, I’ve only read a couple of them - might still be pretty MOTW).
No, haven’t tried that yet, and to be frank I haven’t read too much in the genre, but that’s the feel I have gotten from the series I have tried, though I haven’t actually finished any of them yet so it’s completely possible they all evolve to something else after the first few books.
Will you recommend Kim Harrison’s Hollows novels?
Eh, IDK whether to recommend them or not. I enjoyed the first one but kinda gave up after book 2 or 3. If you like urban fantasy, it’s probably worth checking out. IDK whether you’d get hung up on the same things that I did (Sorry to be so vague; it’s been a while since I read them).
Heh, no worries. I’ll see if I can get my hands on the first book, will try that and decide.
Have fun! Once you read it, I’ll be interested to know what you make of it.
Thanks!
Heh, I understand that. Dresden Files has it’s issues, and it’s not for everyone.
I have been looking for a good litRPG, I guess it’s time to finally start Dungeon Crawler Carl, I think it’s one of the most mentioned book in these threads.
Yeh, I don’t dislike it at all and they aren’t too long so I think I’m just gonna throw one in noe and then and see how it goes with it :)
I do love a bit of Carl, I hope you enjoy!
lol, I just came across your comment in the other thread, and I forgot about this reply, so replied pretty much same thing there 😀