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Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
May. 15th, 2007 11:34 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Lost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.
Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpians. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. It comes with the territory when you're the only professional wizard in the Chicago area phone book.
But in all Harry's years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone loco. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble - and not just the door-slamming, boo-shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly. Someone - or something - is purposely stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc. But why? And why do so many of the victims have ties to Harry? If Harry doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself ...
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
I'm only going to read the remaining books in the series because they've been lent to me and a friend says that Book 4 is a better read. If I'd been buying these for myself, then this would have been the drop-dead point because whilst I think there's a lot of potential in the series, the characterisation of the supporting characters and the overall plotting are just complete crap and it's a shame because there's a lot of interesting world-building going on that could have been handled so much more convincingly. If you've started the series, then definitely give this one a miss.
Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpians. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. It comes with the territory when you're the only professional wizard in the Chicago area phone book.
But in all Harry's years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone loco. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble - and not just the door-slamming, boo-shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly. Someone - or something - is purposely stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc. But why? And why do so many of the victims have ties to Harry? If Harry doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself ...
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
I'm only going to read the remaining books in the series because they've been lent to me and a friend says that Book 4 is a better read. If I'd been buying these for myself, then this would have been the drop-dead point because whilst I think there's a lot of potential in the series, the characterisation of the supporting characters and the overall plotting are just complete crap and it's a shame because there's a lot of interesting world-building going on that could have been handled so much more convincingly. If you've started the series, then definitely give this one a miss.
