This isn’t what you think, all “bibbity bobbity boo” and what not. It is while busting this ghost where we meet another incredibly unique twist on something we already know: Harry’s fairy godmother. How these two became friends is beyond me, but they play off each other extremely well.
While Harry is a hard-broiled, world-weary, morally ambiguous wizard Michael is a god-fearing family man who abhors swearing and any form of commandment-breaking. It works because it’s natural, and because we want it to work.Īnyway, Michael is a great character, because of how different from Harry he is. It makes near perfect-sense, as does all the magic in the book: there are multiple sources of magic in the world, faith being one of them. Michael’s incredible belief in god gives him a power that could potentially rival Dresden’s. While he doesn’t actually contain any himself, Jim attributes such abilities as great faith as a power unto itself. Michael is a great example of why I love the magic in the Dresden files. Yes, this novel is about killing ghosts, primarily. Harry and his new friend Michael, a Christian zealot, are off essentially ghost-busting. Grave Peril starts off in the middle of the action. These might be the best series of audiobooks I’ve had the pleasure of listening too, and come highly recommended. And works well.Įditor’s Note: The narrator (James Marsters) does every book in the series and is absolutely phenomenal. I’m certain reading it would be a completely different experience, but from the audiobook side: it works.
Because of this, I didn’t notice the prose as much, instead focusing more on the story itself.
The audio recording I listened to had one of the best readers I’ve experienced, who both knew how to emote expression in the dialogue, as well as do clever voice cues so you could tell characters apart. I listened to the audiobook, because I wasn’t able to find a paper copy anywhere. One main comment though before going into full-on “review mode:” I didn’t actually read this book. This is one of the funnest, cleverest, and downright most reckless books I’ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing. After a debut that worked in concept but not on paper, a second novel that improved on the formula but didn’t quite nail it, Grave Peril is what we’ve been waiting for. Those looking to start the series can’t do any better than Grave Peril.Īt long last, we finally see Jim Butcher at his best. Combining white-hot action with clever magic and genuinely interesting characters, Grave Peril is the best book thus far in the Dresden Files. In Grave Peril, Jim’s realization of both the world and Harry Dresden’s character comes to life with incredible finesse.
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