{"id":3312,"date":"2023-01-25T15:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T22:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2022-12-20T21:00:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T04:00:45","slug":"book-grave-peril-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/25\/book-grave-peril-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Grave Peril (2001)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2001
\nAuthor: Jim Butcher
\nLength: 378 pages<\/p>\n

The third book in the Dresden Files, Grave Peril<\/em> continues the adventures of Chicago\u2019s resident wizard as he takes on ghosts, godmothers, and ghoulish vampires. While it\u2019s definitely an improvement from Fool Moon<\/em><\/a>, Grave Peril<\/em> still has some of the misogynistic flaws of the series\u2019 titular character. On the plus side, we finally get to delve into deeper lore for the series. And we get Michael. He\u2019s the best new character in this series and by far my favorite for many reasons\u2014mainly because how he does things differently than Dresden.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit that it took me a while to get through this book, which felt odd considering the action was superb, the writing was proficient, and the story was thrilling. For some reason, I didn\u2019t feel the motivation to continue reading and went weeks between picking it up and continuing. I think if I had read it all as quickly as possible, then it might have earned another half-star. I know it\u2019s not this book\u2019s fault for my inability to focus on reading to save my life (thanks to the pandemic; I think). Perhaps there\u2019s something subconscious about this book that prevented me from devouring it, though.<\/p>\n

Since the Dresden Files<\/em> are mainly written through the POV of Harry Dresden, this might be my biggest qualm right now. I absolutely adore all the new characters introduced in this book, but I cringe at all the obvious instances of \u201cmen writing women\u201d that have persisted since book one. In fact, I\u2019d almost rather have an entire series from Michael\u2019s point of view, because he seems much more interesting in his denim-wearing, sword-wielding ways. I\u2019ll still continue with this series, but only to see where it takes Michael.<\/p>\n

Great new characters and a deeper dive into the lore, I give Grave Peril<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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