Another bad people/creatures/whatever doing bad stuff with magic, while Dresden stops them, while getting completely beat up book. I don't mean that as a bad thing though. That's why I read the books!

This had some interesting world-building stuff, with some new stuff in over-arching story. Also read the short story that takes place after the book (in the anthology Side Jobs), an interesting look at the relationship between Harry and Murphy.

Currently reading Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson. Book 2 of second era of Mistborn. Just started it, so don't have much to say about it yet.

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[–] BillTongg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm interested in those Dresden books. I've read all of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series, and the premise sounds similar, albeit with an American setting rather than a British one. I did a quick search and saw a description which mentioned 'hard boiled' detective fiction - I'm not a fan of Raymond Chandler-style prose, so I wonder if that's a feature of the Dresden series.

As for me, I just finished Bleak House by Charles Dickens. I'm reading all of his novels chronologically, but for a bit light relief I'm now reading Hamlet by Wm. Shakespeare.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago

I haven't read much "hard boiled" detective fiction, so can't comment on that, but the books feel quite different from Rivers of London series, at least going with the 2 RoL books I have read.

You should give it a try, though do keep in mind that the first couple of books are probably the weakest.