Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5)

Posted on 22 May 2018 by Jim Butcher

Harry Dresden, Chicago s only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change But now he s getting than he bargained for A duel with the Red Court of Vampires champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizardsProfessional hit men using Harry for target practiceThe missing Shroud of TurinA handless and headless corpse the Chicago police need identifiedNot to mention the return of Harry s ex girlfriend Susan, who s still struggling with her semi vampiric nature And who seems to have a new man in her life.Some days, it just doesn t pay to get out of bed No matter how much you re charging. New Read Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5) [ Author ] Jim Butcher [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I mostly like this series However, I m certainly not a die hard Dresdenite from the Church of Harry Dresden is NOT my literary BFF and, truth be told, spends fartime languishing under the heading OAA Occasionally Annoying Acquaintance I like the stories so far , but that enjoyment comes with some mondo qualifications and some serious groans However, before I rail against the main character s penchant for lame cheesy flavored popCORNY, I m going to begin with what I think are the I mostly like this series However, I m certainly not a die hard Dresdenite from the Church of Harry Dresde...What I noticed right away after reading the first few chapters would be that the series has a routine It starts of with Harry complaining about his broke life, then a lover appears or a new villain It s not a bad routine, on the contrary I actually enjoy it Harry Dresden s life is really fascinating and adventure filled.The plot tried to beaction packed but ended up on the mild side The new enemies presented were quite interesting but honestly were all over the place They weren t intr What I noticed right away after reading the first few ...3.25ish stars To anyone who still isn t convinced that Harry is a chauvinistic, narcissistic douchebagMy blasting rod thumped against my leg rhythmicallyBlasting rod, eh Someone s cocky pun intendedI gathered in my will and settled my grip on my blasting rod I jerked the tip of the blasting rod up and away from the girl, releasing the gathered energyWow, Harry First of all ew Second, woman, not girl, that s demeaning and to think you consider yourself chivalrous Third, 3.25ish stars To anyone who still isn t convinced that Harry is a chauvinistic, narcissistic douchebagMy blasti...I really do love this series This book was my least favorite but I did enjoy it a little I loved the last four so I am excited to start the next one.Death Masks is the 5th in the series and I really have to say that I am so over with the war with the red court.In Death Masks, a vampire named Ortega challenges Harry to a duel that will end the war between the vampires and the wizards Harry has no choice but to accept, and almost no hope of winning the duel However he has another problem A c I really do love this series This book was my least favorite but I did enjoy it a little I loved the last four so I am excited to start the next one.Death Masks is the 5th in the series and I really have to say that I am so over with the war...This is my favourite Dresden File to date because for the very first time reading this series, I actually felt emotional resonance In the past few instalments, I was entertained, intrigued, and mostly treated these books as my guilty pleasure when I needed something I can breeze through for some fun and action withthan a touch of snarky humour In Death Masks, there were less unrealistically badass moments where I ll go Oh, come on Really Instead, at least a couple of scenes in here This is my favourite Dresden File to date because for the very first time reading this series, I actually felt emotional resonance In the past few instalments, I was entertained, intrigued, and mostly treated these books as my guilty pleasure when I needed something I can breeze through for some fun and action withthan a touch of snarky humour In Death Masks, there were less unrealistically badass moments where I ll go Oh, come on Really Instead, at least a couple of scenes in here elicited poignancy and really tugged at my heartstrings As I have alluded to in quite a few of my other reviews, emotional investment a significant factor in determining whether the book is merely good or great, for me Hence, with me coming out of this feeling the way I did, I have to say that Harry s story is moving to greater heights as I am starting to care.I was also fascinated by the intr...Poor Harry Dresden.You sweet, oddly sexy, powerful wizard You just CAN T catch a break I adore this series and I adore listening to it on audio I think James Marsters just keeps getting better and better I can hear a wider range of voices in this one than in the ...Harry Dresden can t catch a break or a full night s sleep He s up against the Red vampire court, he s being attacked by supernatural creatures with powers he s never seen before and his ex girlfriend is back in town.But, you can t keep a good wizard down, right Even when you introduce a holy relic into the taleSomeone stole the freaking Shroud of Turn I demanded Yes I settled back into the chair, looking down at the photos again This changed things This changed things a lotpg 2 Harry Dresden can t catch a break or a full night s sleep He s up against the Red vampire court, he s being attacked by supernatural creatures with powers he s never seen before and his ex girlfriend is back in town.But, you can t keep a good wizard down, right Even when you introduce a holy relic into the taleSomeone stole the freaking Shroud of Turn I demanded Yes I settled back into the chair, looking down at the photos again This changed things This changed things a lotpg 28In case you haven t read the first four entries in this series Harry Dresden is a wizard for hire He solves supernatural crimes, he finds lost items and he never seems to make enough money to be comfortableI d learned something in several ...4.5 Stars The best one yetBuddy at Buddies Books and Baubles with some Dresdanites3.5 Who Else Could Want To Kill Harry StarsFive books in and the world and characters keep expanding a little at a time I enjoy reading this series to a certain extent but the thing is Harry isn t the reason Mostly I like all of the side charactersthan him Each doesn t get a lot of page time but the glimpses I see of them well usually the side character steals the show from Harry, at least for me.It isn t specifically Harry s fault Buddy at Buddies Books and Baubles with some Dresdanites3.5 Who Else Could Want To Kill Harry StarsFive boo...The story continues here and stays true to form.The Dresden books are some of my favorite novelsbar none, hands down These are great brain candy They re pure escapism, total Urban Fantasy fun, comic drama that do several things very well Each novel tells it s own story making them individually readable and enjoyable while in the back ground evidence and details mount to tell a largerinvolved tale.Here we open up with Harry broke not that unusual and in a spot he isn t all that happ The story continues here and stays true to form.The Dresden books are some of my favorite novelsbar none, hands down These are great brain candy They re pure escapism, total Urban Fantasy fun, comic drama that do several things very well Each novel tells it s own story making them individually readable and enjoyable while in the back ground evidence and details mount to tell a largerinvolved tale.Here we open up with Harry broke not that unusual and in a spot he isn t all that happy abouta TV studio He s on the Larry Fowler show seems like it might be something like the old Je...

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22 May 2018

Jim Butcher