initiatefailure t1_irxw55d wrote on October 11, 2022 at 9:11 PM

I've said before that book 1 is a pretty average read but an interesting proof of concept, book 2 is a total disaster that book 3 has to devote a pretty sizable chunk to making up for or undoing and notably spends a lot of the book making Harry face consequences to being a weirdo sexist up till then. That's as far as I got personally. I think the end of 3 is a somewhat promising turn in both story direction and writing quality. But i've heard it doesn't really mature for a couple more entries, maybe till 6/7?

ChipsAhoiMcCoy OP t1_iryjap7 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 12:04 AM

Yeah, I started reading book 2 and honestly there are some pretty awesome parts here, but ultimately, it feels really weird. For example, you would think after the events of the book one his friend Murphy would actually understand that Dresden is not responsible for most of what happens, and yet in book 2, she is coughing him and beating him up because he just so happens to have a diagram from one of his associates that she picked up from the floor in the bar. Like is that supposed to be a joke? And she doesn’t even give him a second to explain himself? She went from being a top-tier character in book one in my books to being one of the worst ones in book 2, so I hope she improves.