448 pages
English language
Published May 1, 2006 by Roc.
The USA Today Bestselling Author's new Dresden Files novel...finally in paperback-and soon to be a Sci Fi Channel movie!Filled with kickass adventure and supernatural fireworks, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files novels have been compared to Harry Potter. Now, Harry Dresden must save Chicago from black magic and necromancy-all in a day's work for the city's only professional wizard.
This is the book where the Dresden Files jumped the shark, in this case the dinosaur.
Solo por la escena final ya merecería la pena leer la saga, y si encima el resto tienen buen nivel, para que hablar más.
The previous books were almost entirely standalone in their stories. This one seemed to contribute to more of an overarching story. While kind of cheesy, the ending was still pretty cool.
Quick impression: Good one liners for Thomas. Some of Harry's jokes are getting old. Great character development of Butters (with plenty of encouragement by Harry). And, of course, Sue. This one should have made it into the TV series.
When I first started this book, I thought it would be a continuation of Harry's relationship with Thomas established in [b:Blood Rites|99383|Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6)|Jim Butcher|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1272455867s/99383.jpg|227172] , and given that Thomas is having trouble adjusting to not being wealthy ... well, I thought he was the dead beat in the title. It took me a couple of chapters and re-listening to a few sections before I got it. I suppose that's one drawback to listening to the book instead of reading it.
So, if you like zombies and vampires and sexy demons who play mind games, and of course listening to [a:James Marsters|169487|James Marsters|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1252176950p2/169487.jpg], I highly recommend the audible …
Quick impression: Good one liners for Thomas. Some of Harry's jokes are getting old. Great character development of Butters (with plenty of encouragement by Harry). And, of course, Sue. This one should have made it into the TV series.
When I first started this book, I thought it would be a continuation of Harry's relationship with Thomas established in [b:Blood Rites|99383|Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6)|Jim Butcher|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1272455867s/99383.jpg|227172] , and given that Thomas is having trouble adjusting to not being wealthy ... well, I thought he was the dead beat in the title. It took me a couple of chapters and re-listening to a few sections before I got it. I suppose that's one drawback to listening to the book instead of reading it.
So, if you like zombies and vampires and sexy demons who play mind games, and of course listening to [a:James Marsters|169487|James Marsters|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1252176950p2/169487.jpg], I highly recommend the audible version. I think the last Dresden book I actually read was [b:Storm Front|47212|Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)|Jim Butcher|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327195767s/47212.jpg|1137060], so I imagine that the print version of Dead Beat is just as fast-paced as the audio.
I see lots of people, six and seven books in, still complaining about Harry's old-fashioned chivalrous attitude towards women. Some find it condescending. I find it endearing. Harry knows that he's old-fashioned and that his attitude isn't PC, but he accepts that flaw in himself and we should too. Hell's Bells, he's finally learned to let Murphy and Susan take care of themselves and let them have his back. The series wouldn't be as good if Harry didn't have some very huge flaws that he works through in each adventure.
Now on to [b:Proven Guilty|91474|Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8)|Jim Butcher|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1329103912s/91474.jpg|576222].
Such awesome new characters were introduced this book. I was kinda sad at the lacking of murphy (she took a trip at the start of the book), but the new characters and the chance to expand existing ones more than made up for it.
There is only one word that describes how awesome this book is. Sue. Anybody who's read it knows what that means, and for anyone who hasn't, you'll have to read it to figure out.
These seem to get better and better as the series goes. I was worried at first this book would end in a convoluted mess, but Butcher actually pulled it out and surprised me quite a few times in the process.
This book includes a zombie dinosaur. I'd say everything else is irrelevant, but the book itself is pretty solid to boot.
A favorite of the Dresden Files.
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.
