Jim Butcher


The book flow beam is reversed!

Dead Beat

Dead Beat

August 02, 2005 12:24 AM

Wow, I borrowed this book, along with Harry Potter book 6, from a friend who has borrowed many, many books from me. It's a total Ghostbusters reverse the beams moment.

I've been following this series since it began, and it's been pretty entertaining. It's beginning to get a bit formulaic, however, and the wise-cracking of the main character is getting somewhat thin. If he's going to continue writing this series (and I think he is) I hope he comes up with some ways to vary it a bit.

Basically it's like those Laurell Hamilton books without the super-cheezy soft-core porn aspects.

Comments

reversing the beams | Sharyn, August 09, 2005 1:10 PM

Guess what? He started another series, this time more serious epic fantasy, and I've got the first book, which I will also loan to you. It was surprisingly good...but I don't want to drop the cash for the second one yet (it's still in hardcover only). I am planning to pick up a book of short stories by James Alan Gardner, if you haven't already...