I think Summer Knight was my favorite of the Dresden books, perhaps because I wasn't familiar with most of the myth stuff -- the various fairy courts were more interesting than I found LKH's versions.
I'm happy with tropes, as long as they're well-executed. I figure that the reason they become cliches is that when done right they say a lot about character and/or tap into deeply satisfying story structure. So I may well check the trilogy out.
Of course, I'm also going to read LKH's next book, as much as I bitch, so there you go.
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Re: The hard-working Mr. Butcher
Date: 2004-09-06 07:43 am (UTC)I'm happy with tropes, as long as they're well-executed. I figure that the reason they become cliches is that when done right they say a lot about character and/or tap into deeply satisfying story structure. So I may well check the trilogy out.
Of course, I'm also going to read LKH's next book, as much as I bitch, so there you go.