515 pages
English language
Published April 8, 2012 by Roc.
Following his death by a mystery assailant, Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness, must gather his friends and allies, prevent the annihilation of countless innocents, and find a way out of his eternal subservience before his newfound powers claim the only thing he has left to call his own ... his soul.
Un cambio bastante grande en la dinámica de los personajes, pero es gracias a eso que recupera mucha de la frescura (guiño guiño) que parecía que estaba perdiendo con el tiempo.
Harry's back! And the gang is (mostly) back together.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do when I run out of these books. Jim, please get to writing more Harry. More Murphy. More Thomas. More Mouse. I need them. All of them.
If you are up to book 14, you probably don't need my recap, but here goes. Harry is back, he's stuck wearing the mantle of the Winter Knight, and things go wrong. He gets his ass kicked numerous times, goes on a wild hunt, and celebrates another birthday. Oh, and finally talks to Karen, but I don't get a resolution to all of my hopes and dreams. Yet.
Very curious where we are going to go in the next book. Molly, Butters, Karen, even Mac. These books are perfection, and James Marsters IS Harry. If you aren't reading this series, you should. 4 stars.
... Why was this book so long? Like, I really only needed the last 6 discs or so. All the stuff with Ace and the Redcap didn't really matter at all. Once the Wild Hunt showed up I was into it, but pretty much everything before that was... slow. I think this was my least favorite Dresden book so far.
More chaotic than I was expecting, and a connect all the things. Fun fluff.
Another great Dresden story. I keep thinking Butcher will lose steam and it'll show. Nope. He keeps it full throttle. I laughed, I clenched my jaw and I even got teary eyed. Another winner.
A good recovery from "Ghost Story", which seemed like a big fat dud to me. Although, unfortunately, I suppose we're stuck hearing a lot more about lame fairies for the rest of the series now.
I liked this one, better than last especially. Finally movement on one subject. But look here is another subject you can yell at Harry for doing nothing.
Frustrating but still enjoying this series interested to see where again the major game changing ending takes me now.
Cold Days is Jim Butcher’s latest Dresden Files novel of which there are fourteen.
I wouldn't say I am a fan of the Dresden files but I have 3 titles from across the series and also own the TV series as well (not bad for its time, but a little dated now).
It’s hard boiled detective fiction plus wizardry. Gritty urban fantasy with a good dose of witty self deprecation and pop culture referencing.
Now Butcher has been heavily criticised for not having an awareness of his privilege as a white male author in regards to both sexism and racism. There’s a clanger of a passage on the first page of the hard cover:
She was probably too young to drink legally and she was one of the lovelier women I’d ever seen in person. High cheekbones, exotic almond shaped eyes…
Now yes this is Harry Dresden the character and …
Cold Days is Jim Butcher’s latest Dresden Files novel of which there are fourteen.
I wouldn't say I am a fan of the Dresden files but I have 3 titles from across the series and also own the TV series as well (not bad for its time, but a little dated now).
It’s hard boiled detective fiction plus wizardry. Gritty urban fantasy with a good dose of witty self deprecation and pop culture referencing.
Now Butcher has been heavily criticised for not having an awareness of his privilege as a white male author in regards to both sexism and racism. There’s a clanger of a passage on the first page of the hard cover:
She was probably too young to drink legally and she was one of the lovelier women I’d ever seen in person. High cheekbones, exotic almond shaped eyes…
All I can, and want to say, is dammit, when is the next one coming out.
An excellent addition to the Dresden line. Butcher is the master of the long character development arc. I look eagerly for the next volume.
How cool, To kill off your Main character and bring him back.
Dresden's return to the land of the living following Ghost Story is a pretty epic story. Demonreach's importance gets fleshed out a bit. And we learn a bit more about the deal with this "Gatekeeper" guy. So much fun to read, and unfortunately I read it right as it came out and now I've got to wait a while for the next one. Cannot wait.
