Fool Moon

, #2

Mass Market Paperback, 342 pages

English language

Published Jan. 10, 2001 by ROC.

ISBN:
978-0-451-45812-4
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4 stars (186 reviews)

Business has been slow. Okay, business has been dead. And not even of the undead variety. You would think Chicago would have a little more action for the only professional wizard in the phone book. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn't been able to dredge up any kind of work—magical or mundane.

But just when it looks like he can't afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise.

A brutally mutilated corpse. Strange-looking paw prints. A full moon. Take three guesses—and the first two don't count...

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reviewed Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #2)

Review of Fool Moon

4 stars

A wizard detective takes on werewolves in Chicago. Mystery, suspense, action in an old-school-gumshoe style. Similar strengths and weakness to the first entry in the Dresden Files. Fun and surprising enough to get me to pick up the third, but I have a feeling that might be it for me.

du pop-corn au poil

4 stars

C'est le souci avec la méthode d'écriture américaine, c'est dynamique, bourré d'action, parfois inattendu et avec des rebondissements. Mais comme dans une série, quand vous êtes face au même schéma plusieurs fois, vous êtes plus difficile. Dans ce tome, la méthode "die hard" est encore plus poussée : dans la moitié du livre, le héros n'en peut plus de se prendre des blessures, de ne pas dormir (et pour cause il se passe des meurtres toutes les nuits), de sacrifier un à un de ses collifichets et de se mettre dans la mouise. A trop en mettre, on finit par ne plus y croire, on sait qu'un mcGuffin (élément sorti du chapeau) va venir sauver la situation à la dernière minute. J'ai donc moins apprécié la fin.

Le thème des loups garous est pourtant cher à mon coeur, mais le fait d'avoir mélangé plein de types de loups garous rend …

du pop-corn au poil

4 stars

C'est le souci avec la méthode d'écriture américaine, c'est dynamique, bourré d'action, parfois inattendu et avec des rebondissements. Mais comme dans une série, quand vous êtes face au même schéma plusieurs fois, vous êtes plus difficile. Dans ce tome, la méthode "die hard" est encore plus poussée : dans la moitié du livre, le héros n'en peut plus de se prendre des blessures, de ne pas dormir (et pour cause il se passe des meurtres toutes les nuits), de sacrifier un à un de ses collifichets et de se mettre dans la mouise. A trop en mettre, on finit par ne plus y croire, on sait qu'un mcGuffin (élément sorti du chapeau) va venir sauver la situation à la dernière minute. J'ai donc moins apprécié la fin.

Le thème des loups garous est pourtant cher à mon coeur, mais le fait d'avoir mélangé plein de types de loups garous rend …

reviewed Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #2)

Review of 'Fool Moon' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I am thinking that this series is not for me. It felt like it should be a quick, not heavy weight read and for me it was everything but. I had a hard time finishing it. At times the plot simply bored me and I found it meandered too much to keep me reading. There are no exciting "reveals", twists or chapter-cliffhangers that make one excited to see what else is too come. No surprises from start to finish, everything plays out quite as expected.

And so far neither the world-building nor the meta-plot are impressive.

Also I am having a hard time getting a clear concept of what Harry Dresden is like as a character.

3* because despite me being bored for large parts of the story it is not badly written, plotted or characterized but neither is it very well written. My having trouble empathizing with Harry likely …

reviewed Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #2)

Review of 'Fool Moon' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Aquí ya se nota que cuando la cosa se mueve, pocos autores escriben mejor la acción, además mete a uno de los grupos aliados que van a ser recurrentes.

A partir de ahora, las reseñas de la saga van a ser un poco así, porque cualquier cosa que diga de más, puede ir spoileando los libros anteriores.

reviewed Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #2)

Review of 'Fool Moon' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

More fun and mayhem with Harry and friends!

Werewolves. In Chicago. And it's up to Harry to solve the mystery and save the town. As usual, he rises to the occasion while taking an ass-whipping. Harry, seriously, take those martial arts classes with Murphy. I have never seen a man get beaten up as much as you.

There were twists and turns in this one, and a sad part in the police station that shocked me. But it all worked out in the end, natch, and now Harry has a new set of friends to call upon when Chicago is in peril. Because you know it will be, because that's how it all works.

reviewed Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #2)

Review of 'Fool Moon' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I think I'm getting more tolerant of the narrator, so it's easier to listen to the audiobooks now. Nice, quick story with a lot of action. Something that doesn't require too much thinking. Kind of like Jack Reacher with werewolves and wizards.

reviewed Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #2)

Review of 'Fool Moon' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Harry Dresden is Chicago’s only professional wizard, so when another unusual murder happens it’s not surprised that Dresden will be dragged into the middle of it. Lt. Murphy calls on Dresden when a henchman is found murdered near a group of wolfish paw prints. A brutally mutilated corpse. Strange-looking paw prints. A full moon. Take three guesses and the first two don’t count…

Shortly following the events from Storm Front, Dresden is back to save Chicago from yet another evil force. You get the idea of how this series is structured but while this is purely escapist fiction there is something about these novels that makes me want to keep reading. While I’ve always said I’m not a fantasy fan, I do like the urban fantasy/noir style novels and Harry Dresden is probably the best protagonist I’ve found in these books.

With a new monster, it does not mean that …

reviewed Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #2)

Review of 'Fool Moon' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I still think Harry Dresden is a bad ass after reading book two of the Dresden Files. Fool Moon was a really great story, and has gotten me so much more interested in reading more works of urban fantasy.

The way Jim Butcher twists and plays with the classic cliches of magic, and of fantasy, is just wonderful to read. I've found that once I start one of the Dresden Files books, I can't put it down until I've finished.

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Subjects

  • Wizards -- Fiction.
  • Dresden, Harry (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction.