Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Book 7) by Jim Butcher Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Book 7)
Book Review: Worth reading!
Summary: 5 Stars
These books are great! If you love science fiction you will love these books. The author is funny, witty and holds your interest from cover to cover. I ordered the complete set and read through it in a week! I hope they bring the television series back to SciFi. It is more entertaining a series that SciFi brought back, Dr. Who, or as I call it "the doctor's non habit forming sleep remedy"! I'm going to reread them soon since I enjoyed them so much! I'm sure there were things I missed on the first go around. I'm also looking forward to the next book in the series.Book Review: Slow to start, but a killer finish
Summary: 4 Stars
Dead Beat meanders a bit in the early going but comes together at its memorable conclusion when Harry Dresden pulls off his best trick yet.
One of the three top Dresden Files novels.
Book Review: One of the Best
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite books of the series. It has spectacular action set pieces, moments of true horror, memorable antagonists, and more.Book Review: Dresden Contiues to Rock
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, Don't read this review. No seriously. skip it.
Dispite everyone telling me that one Dresden book or another is so very much better than this one, it was my favorite to date (I just finished Small Favor) So sue me, hate me, whatever.
Yeah it was pradictable, but the bit with Sue was genius. I think that the people who are stuck on the fact Murphy isn't co-staring needs to get over it a little. By taking Murphy out of the book, Jim was able to build some of the other players and help develop them into the flesh-and-blood people they could be. I loved that Jim finally fleshed out Butters now, I still hope to see more of him. With hindsight it is easy to see that this book is important for building the relationship between Hary and Thomas. It also gives Thomas a bit of backstory to build on later. Evil Bob. Whoa. That rocked too. Mouse is still my hero.
I loved this book.
Book Review: Life is killing me
Summary: 4 Stars
One of these days, Jim Butcher is going to write a Dresden Files novel that is just Harry Dresden and his various supernatural pals just hanging out and talking about all of the fascinating concepts and theories that make this series so compelling. Dead Beat is NOT that book. I know that pretty much all of the Dresden novels to date have been fast paced thrillers, but Dead Beat is one chaotic event after another that literally leaves you gasping for breath by the time you reach the finish.
Essentially, the main focus of Dead Beat is that the disciples of a legendary necromancer have converged on Chicago (Chicago's rate of magical catastrophes has to be on par with New York's rate of superhero slugfests) to complete a dark ritual that will leave the victor with godlike powers. Naturally our man Harry gets involved (via a relatively weak premise involving blackmail that seems a bit too reminiscent of Summer Knight's opening), quickly making enemies on all sides, along with some very unlikely allies.
Dead Beat has all of the usual elements that make the Dresden Files so much fun, including monsters, vampires, fallen angels, animated corpses by the score, and the usual breakneck race to the finish. There's also a fair amount of character development and introspection in this book, which is a nice surprise. Harry is a very compelling character, but he always seems to be just a hair away from the stereotypical comic book protagonist. Butcher is slowly evolving Harry into a deeper, more three-dimensional character.
For all of his obsessions with geek culture references and Harry's wardrobe, Butcher has really stepped up his game with each Dresden novel, and Dead Beat is no exception. It has everything you've come to love about these books and quite a bit more. I thought the ending tied things up a bit too nicely, but all told Dead Beat was another satisfying entry in the Dresden Files series.