White Night

by Jim Butcher

Mass Market Paperback, 499 pages

English language

Published April 16, 2008 by ROC.

ISBN:: 978-0-451-46155-1

(128 reviews)

Someone is targeting Chicago's magic practitioners—the members of the supernatural uderclass who don't possess enough power to become full-fledged wizards. Some have vanished. Others appear to be victims of suicide. But now the culprit has left a calling card at one of the crime scenes—a message for Harry Dresden.

Harry sets out to find the killer, but his investigation turns up evidence pointing to the one suspect he cannot possibly believe guilty: his half brother, Thomas. To clear his brother's name, Harry rushes into a supernatural power struggle that renders him outnumbered, outclassed, and dangerously susceptible to temptation.

And Harry knows that if he screws this one up, people will die—and one of them will be his brother...

6 editions

Wetdryvac reviewed White Night by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #9)

Review of 'White night' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Movie quotes that actually fit in. Kinda nice.

RxBrad reviewed White Night by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #9)

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4 stars

Didn't even get any clues who the bad guy was until almost halfway through the book. Up until that point, was about to give it two stars. Then it was a nonstop fight between the good guys and bad guys, and the book redeemed itself pretty hard.

govmarley reviewed White Night by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #9)

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3 stars

Still loving my Dresden Files journey. Book 9 doesn't disappoint. Harry is still deeply flawed with a heart of gold, solving crimes and keeping the streets of Chicago safe from the supernatural.

It begins with Harry reluctantly continuing to be a warden, and also tutoring Molly so she doesn't turn to the dark side. Murphy has been busted down to Sergeant, and she brings Harry in covertly on a murder masquerading as suicide. Harry catches the clues, naturally, and it's off to catch another supernatural killer. Yes, the White Court is still up to their shenanigans, and Laura Raith is still running the show. It ends in a fantastic battle that will not disappoint.

Things I loved: Gentleman Johnny Marcone. I like him now that we see more of his layers. He's complex, conflicted, and the enemy Harry knows. Rameriz as Harry's warden partner (love him even more now that Laura outed his secret). Thomas as a White Court knight in shining armor (literally). Murphy because she kicks ass, always. Mouse. He's simply the best part of Harry's life. The conclusion with Lasciel was more satisfying than I would have imagined.

Things I didn't love: Not enough Bob. Elaine. She's bad news for Harry, and I don't want her around. No Michael Carpenter--every book should have Michael.

Butcher has set things up for an interesting showdown between the White Council and the Black Council, but I'm ready for the war with the various vampires to be over. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

btuftin reviewed White Night (The Dresden Files, #9) by Jim Butcher

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4 stars

It's been quite a while since I last read a book in the Dresden files, so one part of the experience was wondering what references I was missing and if I'd skipped a book or two since I didn't recall some significant previous events referred to in the book. (My records tell me there are no gaps in my reading though, just in my memory.) But it didn't matter much. I remembered enough and some gaps were filled in along the way and visiting the world of Harry Dresden again was enjoyable.

Fulminata reviewed White Night by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files (9))

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3 stars

This is a great modern or urban fantasy. I've read the first nine books in the series and don't intend to review all of them, so this is a review of the series. There is a formula to the series, and it becomes a bit too apparent about mid-way through the books I've read, but the writing is good enough to overlook it.

The characters are interesting and the action is well paced. Highly recommended to anyone interested in magic set in the modern world.