Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, Book 11) by Jim Butcher
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Book Reviews of Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, Book 11)
Book Review: Turn Coat makes you turn pages
Summary: 5 Stars
What do you do when a man who once wanted you dead shows up on your doorstep injured, tells you he's wanted by the White Council for a crime he didn't commit, and by the way, if you help him, you'll probably end up on the White Council's "Most Wanted" list as well?
If you're Harry Dresden, you help the man. That's just the way Chicago's only wizard PI rolls.
Of course, Harry's good intentions get him into trouble. It's not just the White Council who's after Morgan. An ancient Native American skinwalker, 'Binder' who can call all kinds of nasties from the NeverNever, are just a few of the problems Harry runs across.
Oh, and the plot against Morgan isn't just in the White Council of mages. The White Court of vampires is involved as well.
Harry's got to call in a lot of favors from friends on this case. And yes, some of them are going to get hurt.
Jim Butcher just doesn't disappoint. After eleven books, you'd think he'd start cruising on his rep, but he hasn't and something tells me he won't. What I've always loved about Butcher is that he stays true to his character. Harry's grown, but he's never 'devolved' despite temptation. And Butcher's never stopped giving us a good read.
Bless em both!
Rebecca Kyle, April 2009
Book Review: Great Story as always...But here's a few points
Summary: 5 Stars
First I would like to point out to anyone rating this book low b/c of formatting on the kindle, I think you need to learn which product/person or whatever you need to put your rating on. If you liked the book, let someone know by giving it a good rating and maybe mentioning that in the review if they are looking to download it to the kindle that there is a formatting issue and leave it at that. You wouldn't say you hate coke or pepsi b/c of the can design would you?
Second to the anyone saying Butcher uses the same words too much in the book or any particular area of the book...come on, if the word describes what he's trying to get across, just let it go. If you haven't noticed, Butcher isn't the type of person to try to impress someone by using big words. He makes the point and moves on with the book so some of us don't have to have a thesaurus near by so we fully understand what's going on. And if you're going to use words like THESAURUS, at least spell THAT correctly or else your point is just lost in translation. Can someone buy that guy a dictionary before he rates anything else so he can at least spell the words correctly on those.
Aside from that...I think the entire series is awesome and hope Butcher does keep going with it as I will continue to buy the books as soon as I can and read them as fast as I can.
Book Review: Not Disappointed...
Summary: 5 Stars
As usual Dresden never disappoints me. I love the humor and I laughed out loud more than once during this read, especially toward the end.. There were a couple sad parts in relation to his brother, but Dresden's world is far from perfect even on a good day so I'm sure he'll work it out. I think this was my favorite to date, although I did love the one before this, it was non-stop action from the first couple pages to the last.
I am looking forward to more growth with Molly and her abilities. I love that being her teacher he is ALWAYS respectful of her feelings. I'm sorry but you know there are a lot of scumbags out there who would take advantage of her in a heartbeat. The best facet of their relationship is that she is turning out to be a bigger rebel than even he is and that takes some doing.
Can't wait for the next one and soon I may just start reading from the beginning again, mid life does have its advantageous ya know. I don't think anyone would be disappointed with this book.
I also wanted to encourage young people to read Butcher's work, not just Dresden but the SCIFI series as well. The Codex Alera is my favorite SCIFI series of the decade. My son is in his mid twenties and I alway recycle all my books to him, and we've had many a long discussion afterwards.
Book Review: You're in for a treat!
Summary: 5 Stars
I envy those who haven't read the book yet, b/c I just finished it and now have to wait another year for the next installment. Since others have already posted the summary, I won't mention it here. From page one, the books sucks you into it's grip, and doesn't let go until the end of the story. Although there were many revelations, the more answers there were, the more questions cropped up.
You'll be happy to see some old friends again in "Turn Coat" (ie Toot Toot, Mouse, etc.).
The action sequences were incredible (esp. the one involving the skinwalker in the end). However, it was not just all action. Harry Dresden is more than just a character in a book b/c of the emotional depth Jim Butcher weaves into his story. Corny as it sounds, I cried with it, and I laughed with it (many quoteable one line zingers!). I love the book, but there is one thing I'm a little confused about (maybe I missed it in the book).
*** Minor spoiler alert***
Was the skinwalker a part of the conspiracy and in cohoots with the bad guys, or was he just an independent villian that just appeared b/c he caught Morgan's scent?
Book Review: Even better than Grave Peril
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent installment in the Dresden Files series. The pacing was fast, but clear. The characters were all at the tops of their games, particularly McCoy, Lara Raith, Molly and, of course, Harry himself. In fact, Harry is more competent and honestly self-aware than we've seen him in a while.
I often have a hard time following fight scenes in novels. They're frequently poorly laid out and confusing. The fight scenes in this book are incredibly visually evocative. The best I've read by any author in recent years.
The emotional impact of this installment rivals Grave Peril for me. That had been my favorite Dresden book, but now I have to place this one in the top slot. There are bittersweet moments, sweet moments and downright crazy, blow-your-mind moments.
I don't want to go into spoilers and so many people will be reviewing the book that it almost doesn't matter what I say. But I have to applaud this master stroke in the story. I was very disappointed in Small Favor and now Butcher has followed that one with arguably the best episode in the series.
Highly recommended. :D