Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4) by Jim Butcher
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Book Reviews of Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4)
Book Review: Great "Noire Fantasy"
Summary: 5 Stars
Noire Fantasy is a genre best typified by series like this and Laurel Hamilton's Anita Blake and Merry Gentry novels which blend noire, fantasy and lite police-procedural. The characters in them are modern; they use phones and guns (sometimes), but magic and monsters are very real. In Jim Butcher's series, the main character is a wizard named Harry Dresden, the only representative of his reclusive caste in Chicago. He is alive only at the sufferance of the White Council, the governing body of all wizards, and in this fourth novel, on trial for his life for the second time because of a war with the Red Court, the vampire hierarchy.Harry is the modern good guy, tough, sincere, well meaning, and human in many of the best ways. Many of his foes walk on the side of the righteous, or perhaps self-righteous, as do many of his enemies. Harry's friends and enemies include vampires and werewolves, fairies and demons, witches and gods. This whole series is a great read with a little bit of everything for those who like this blended sub-genre.
Book Review: Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
This was my first Jim Butcher novel, and I have to say, I loved it! Having started in the middel of the Dresden Files series I was concerned about feeling left out of the loop, but this book was a wonderful, funny, vastly entertaining stand alone effort with just enough back story thrown in here and there to pique my curiosity and make me want to go back and read the previous books.
I have been in desperate search of a new Author to enjoy since Hamilton's recent works have left me stupified, and Charlaine Harris' newest Sookie novel isn't due for another couple of months. Jim Butcher fits the bill perfectly in every way leaving me nothing to complain about: great characters, no obscene language, intense action without getting grotesque, fascinating and believable descriptions of all sorts of otherworldly creatures and realms, and a fine dry wit, all together created a book I couldn't stand to put down, and had a smile on my face when I'd finished.
Book Review: Faerie vs Dresden vs Vampire
Summary: 5 Stars
Poor Harry Dresden. Not only has he started a war between the Wzards and Vampires, but they all actually blame him for it. He was just trying to help an innocent, but the powers that be don't seem to care about such minutia.
But one of the real claims this series has on me is that Harry does care about such things, even when it (invariably) stumbles him into trouble of the worst kind.
So here is our poor hero, investigating a murder and theft intimatly connected to both courts of faerie, where neither side (as usual) is telling anything close to the whole story. And the White Counsel is using this case to decide if Harry should be handed over to the Vamps or just thrown to the wolves. And speaking of wolves, our favorite pack of shapechangers returns at Dresden's side to join in the mayhem and war that erupts all around him.
Does it get better than this? Well, read it and find out.
Book Review: Here Butcher hits his stride with the Dresden File
Summary: 5 Stars
Like many other reviewers, I first became acquainted with Harry Dresden by watching the TV series. Amazon then kindly informed me that there were books about Mr. Dresden. Currently, I have read all of the 9 available books in the series and think that it is one of the best urban fantasy stories in a very crowded market. Highly recommended. I'm placing my review here because, in my opinion, Summer Knight is were Butcher really shows his writing ability for exciting, non-stop action and the emotional bond between Harry and his now not-quite-vampire girlfriend, Susan. New readers would be advised to start with the first book and read the series in order. The later books make numerous references to events in earlier ones. That aside, I love this series. GO JIM and HARRY!! I can't wait for the next book to see what happens next.Book Review: Silly Faeries
Summary: 5 Stars
I just finished reading this book and while I do admit to liking the previous one, Grave Peril, a bit more...this one is by no means a stinker. In fact, overall its the best in the series from book 1-4. Harry, the hero and wizard extrodinaire of the story is evolving into a much more realistic character (ok, realistic for a fantasy novel). His naive ways are much less a frustrating factor in this book, and the plots become much more involved. One of the series' main sidekicks, Murphy, is MUCH more real and likeable in this book. There are twists and turns and it keeps you on your toes as the metaphorical stuff hits the fan. The author, Jim Butcher is definitely getting the hang of what he wants from this series and it shows. I'd highly recommend all of these books, and most especially this one, for any fan of the fantasy genre.