Television: The Dresden Files

[pointedview]

I finished watching the The Dresden Files on Hulu last night. It was fairly entertaining, although the main character's pronounced accent (as compared to most other characters on the show) didn't make much sense. At first, I thought perhaps he'd adopted it to fit into the neighborhood where he lives and works now, but no: in the flashback with his

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[jasondemotte]

I didn't really notice the accent that much, but then I'm familiar enough with Paul Blackthorne to know he's English and I'm always impressed when a Brit can do a good American accent since most of the time I hear American's fake a Brit accent, it's kind of awful. So maybe I didn't pay enough attention to what kind of accent it was

[quandry]

Totally agree - I'm a huge fan of the Dresden books, but yeah, just go ahead and start at book 3, Grave Peril. You won't miss anything - the author does an excellent job of catching you up on the stuff you need to know. (In fact, I just finished re-reading book 3 after having read the most recent book to come out, #13 - Ghost Story. It's just so fun to revisit the characters at the beginnings. Butcher does a phenomenal job of carrying forward a lot of people's stories. His pacing and plotting are also remarkably tight.

[pointedview]

You know, I've rarely seen so much consensus of opinion ... like I told jasondemotte, everyone with whom I've spoken seems to agree about the first couple of books. :)

I think Butcher's Codex Alera novels sound interesting, too. Have you read any of those?

[pointedview]

I liked the hockey stick and drum stick, too -- I thought that was a nice way of conveying Harry's resourcefulness: he improvises solutions based on what he's got to work with, and preserves the masquerade for the normal world in the process.

I'm sorry to hear that Bob is more fleshed out in the show - I liked the character.

Everyone with whom I've talked seems to agree with you about the first couple of books. Indeed, that's partially why my husband advised me to watch the show, first ... he thought having the additional information from the series might make it less of a chore to get through the first two. :)

Thanks for the additional information!