Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10)
by Jim Butcher
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Author: Jim ButcherEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN: 0451461894
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Roc Hardcover
Book Reviews of Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10)
Book Review: Middle of the Road Harry
Summary: 3 Stars
Jim Butcher has said he had enough material to write 20 Dresden File books. This novel would be the halfway point. I am not sure I like the direction that Harry is heading in. Butcher has improved as a writer over the years, no question. It just seems that I can see the series going in a wrong direction over the past two books.
This books flaws are self evident. There are way too many characters on the pages. As I was reading this book, I wondered who everyone was. You sometimes need a score card to keep track. I understand some other reviewers concerns as well. Sgt. Murphy is a former shadow of herself from previous books. I missed the sexual tension between her and Harry. Now that Dresden has seemed to find a new love in Luccio, that is all missing. What happened to the plot line about the Black Council? There seemed to be a build up to this over a few books and now that seems to be on the back burner. Yes, this story was a bit preachy as far as The Carpenter family was concerned. These characters need to take a back seat for awhile and let the general flow of the plotlines continue.
To me the previous book, The White Knight, was disappointing. A Small Favor was better, but don't you miss reading a plotline like going into battle on the back of a dinosaur? I know I do. 3 and 1/2 stars for the witty banter in the book.
Summary of Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10)
The new novel in the New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series.No one's tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and his life finally seems to be calming down. For once, the future looks fairly bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow.
An old bargain has placed Harry in debt to Mab, monarch of the Winter Court of the Sidhe, the Queen of Air and Darkness-and she's calling in her marker. It's a small favor he can't refuse...one that will trap Harry Dresden between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and one that will strain his skills- and loyalties-to their very limits.
It figures. Everything was going too well to last...
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