Skin Game

by Jim Butcher

454 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 2014

ISBN:: 978-0-451-46439-2
OCLC Number:: 867001158

(77 reviews)

Chicago wizard Harry Dresden must help a hated enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, break into a high security vault to steal something belonging to the Lord of the Underworld.

3 editions

AJ Kerrigan reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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5 stars

A Dresden Files heist story? Great fun, yes please, well done. Parkour!

cargide reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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5 stars

Adaptar el formato Heist Movie al mundo de Dresden no tendría que quedar tan bien. Además, solo por las conversaciones entre Harry y Nicodemus ya merecería la pena, pero es que la historia va a más conforme va avanzando.
Vale que es una saga de más de 15 números, pero en mi opinión, vale la pena dedicarle el tiempo.

Michael P reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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5 stars

This is an excellent addition to the series. Like other commentators I am a big fan of the series, and this story touched me at many points.

B. Zelkovich reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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5 stars

Oh thank God! I don't know if my love for this series could have survived another slow, moping storyline. But this book had everything that a great Dresden book should. I was riveted from page one, the stakes were incredibly high, and characters were put through the gauntlet. I can't believe I'm finally caught up... what a bizarre feeling.

Coalford reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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4 stars

Though the book as a whole is one of my favorites, it does have one particular section with a bit too much Deus Ex Machina in it to be as enjoyable as Dresdens earlier efforts to get out of trouble.

Wetdryvac reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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5 stars

Ah, that paid off quite nicely.

MaddestMax reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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5 stars

It's been in reviews right below (or above?) this one many times that this is a fantastic book.

It's also been said, "it made me cry." It did that, more than once. More than once in public even. That says volumes.

Thanks a lot Butcher.

RxBrad reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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5 stars

Harry Dresden does "Oceans Eleven". Good book, but felt like a distraction from the main story arch.

windchime reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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5 stars

The best Dresden Files book yet. If you're a fan, you'll love this one.

Heather reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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4 stars

Wizard Harry Dresden has been in some rough spots in his life. The roughest was an attempt to save his daughter from death where he was critically injured. In order to be magically healed in time to save her, he accepted a job with the Queen of the Winter Fae, Mab. Now he is her reluctant knight. Reluctant because Mab is pretty evil and Harry does want to think of himself that way. He’s worried that working for her may turn him whether he likes it or not.

Now Mab wants him to work with a group of very evil people headed by Nicodemus Archleone, one of Harry’s most despised people. They are going to break into a vault belonging to Hades. If that wasn’t suicidal enough, Mab wants Harry to double cross Nicodemus as soon at a particular point in the heist and Harry is sure that Nicodemus is planning to kill him as soon as possible too.

What I love about this series is the character development. No one in these books is in the same place that they were when the series started. Bad decisions are made and then there are consequences. No one gets a magical “Get out of jail free” card so the character can slip back into the role that they filled previously.

If you are a fan of urban fantasy at all, you need to read these books. There are 15 now but don’t let that stop you. I didn’t start until around book 10 or so and I was immediately hooked. I read them all in a few months. Start at the beginning. Let yourself fall in love with these characters to the point that they are totally real to you. I’ve had to walk away from reading a few times because I knew if they killed the character that was in peril in the scene I was reading that I would totally lose it.

I listen to these on audio now both to extend the enjoyment and because they are narrated by James Marsters. He’s amazing. There is a large cast in this world and all of the voices are believable and appropriate for the character. The pacing is good and the essential smartassedness of the books comes through. My only caveat is that I wish I had a paper copy of these because there are some passages that I’d like to go back and reread after I knew the ending. That’s not so easy with 15 hours of audio.

Geekess reviewed Skin Game by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #15)

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4 stars

Loved it. The book was a more pleasant read than the last 2 or 3 books. It felt a bit like a return to the old books.
The heist idea was fun, the twists were nice and twisty, the person picking up the sword was something I could see coming from miles away, but was nevertheless a very poignant and triumphant moment.
The book brought some tears to my eyes here and there.
Favorite supporting characters in this book: Butters, Michael and Hades.

Short review for now. All I can say is: yeay Harry!