Death Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5)
by Jim Butcher
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Author: Jim ButcherEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-05
ISBN: 0451459407
Number of pages: 378
Publisher: Roc
Book Reviews of Death Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5)
Book Review: A Very Good Book with Some Caveats
Summary: 4 Stars
"Death Masks" is the 5th in Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files" series. It looks like it picks up about a year after the previous book (Summer Knight: A Novel of the Dresden Files. If you've read the previous books in the series, you know just about what to expect (if you haven't read them, you'd be better off finding them and reading them in order). The book isn't in the same league as "Summer Knight," but it's still very good to read. My only real complaint with the book is that the "action" stuff in the last couple of chapters is a bit corny and has almost all the players out of character. There are also some smaller things that grate:
- Harry's "chivalry to the point of stupidity" is getting out of hand. He knowingly lets bad people do bad things to him SOLELY because they're female. Repeatedly.
- As a counterpoint to that, near the end he drops entirely out of character when he "convinces" a bad guy to give him some information. I'm pretty sure the normal Harry wouldn't behave like that. But, most especially, I wonder how he would have behaved in this case if the villain had been female instead of male?
- And, finally, Butcher provides too much detail during the "intimate" scenes with Susan. A few suggestions followed by a "fade to black" would have been perfectly fine.
But, all of that is minor and the book is engrossing and fun to read. So, I'm happy to rate it at a Very Good 4 stars out of 5.
Summary of Death Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5)
Now in hardcover for the first time- book five in the New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series!Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But he also knows that whenever things are going good, the only way left for them to go is bad. Way bad.
Recent examples: A duel with the lethal champion of the Red Court, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards.Hit men using Harry for target practice.The missing Shroud of Turin-and the possible involvement of Chicago's most feared mob boss.A handless and headless corpse the Chicago police need identified.
Not 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.
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