Skin Game by Jim Butcher

[secritcrush]

TL;DR - Dresden's head ends up a little bit pregnant and Hades thinks Dresden is so awesome he just wants to shake Harry's hand

Comments

[sartorias]

I'm astonished that in your quotes there weren't 456,784 "he said quietly," "she said quietly," and "I said quietly"s.

[secritcrush]

It is pretty amazing. I can only assume that all of the action took place in a library.

[kate_nepveu]

A father has to kill his daughter . . . again?

No, wait, that was the _mother_ of his daughter last time. Which makes it so much better.

[secritcrush]

She even volunteers to die. (But if a woman defends herself against would-be rapists, that's wrong.)

So funny

[ext_2025386]

I was told that this novel was very funny.

I admit I haven't read it. I picked up Butcher's first novel and couldn't get past the first chapter.

Is it really funny?

Re: So funny

[secritcrush]

I did not find it funny, though in fairness I could not stand Dresden so it was never likely I would.

[ravenskyewalker]

I tried to get into this series, managed several of them, but bounced off of them enough that I made a point of selling my copies without enduring the rest. (I think I had the first seven, and read maybe three of those.) They felt clunky and bored me silly. I'm glad that Dresden fans took 'em off my hands so quickly, hah.

[dlandon]

Wow. I am so glad I quit this series years ago. Also, your recaps of the stories you're reading for the Hugos are far more entertaining than the stories themselves ;-p