Saturday, May 22, 2010

Reading Jim Butcher's "Changes"

Harry Dresden. Wizard, Investigator, trouble magnet and a heck lotta of other things. Jim Butcher has taken a stock character and molded him into something so fine that the fans eagerly await the next Harry Dresden book, every April. The author deserves great kudos for keeping the pace of the books yearly, because reading a Harry Dresden book is an experience in its own. It's nothing enlightening or mindblowing that will make you think and ruminate about the meaning of life and other jazz, but the books with Harry Dresden in it are FUN!

And if a book is fun, it is a winner in my book.

This is the problem with most of the fiction out there. Most people try to impress the reader or make the book a fictional mouthpiece for their own strange agendas but some books are like a bike ride. It's fast, fun and you want to do it again and again. This year's installments of Harry Dresden book Changes is just that, like a bike ride.

In short, Harry Dresden has a daughter now. And the daughter has been kidnapped by baddies, so Harry will do everything in his power and beyond to stop the baddies from harming his daughter. Harry takes a huge beating in the book, just like the previous books in the series, but he manages to emerge victorious after all the trials and tribulations.

Many characters from the past books make small appearances in this book and things do change a lot. I won't tell who all or what all are in the book, that's the fun for you to explore.

Happy Reading!

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