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Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5)
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Reasons to read this book.
1. Harry Dresden is a believable character. He learns, he grows, but he does not gain a new power every book. In fact, he doesn't seem to gain any power in any of the books. He gains awareness and knowledge.
2. Susan is cool, but flawed like Harry. Love her.
3. Godfather with a helicopter.
4. One of the best love/sex scenes I have ever read. Butcher could write a good romance novel.
5. Good female detective who has smarts.
6. Vampires with bite.
7. Butcher knows his myth, legends, and religion.
8. An agnostic black Russian knight.
9. A woman who knows how to make armor.
10. A good cat.
11. Most importantly, an ending that works in terms of the rules of the series.
1. Harry Dresden is a believable character. He learns, he grows, but he does not gain a new power every book. In fact, he doesn't seem to gain any power in any of the books. He gains awareness and knowledge.
2. Susan is cool, but flawed like Harry. Love her.
3. Godfather with a helicopter.
4. One of the best love/sex scenes I have ever read. Butcher could write a good romance novel.
5. Good female detective who has smarts.
6. Vampires with bite.
7. Butcher knows his myth, legends, and religion.
8. An agnostic black Russian knight.
9. A woman who knows how to make armor.
10. A good cat.
11. Most importantly, an ending that works in terms of the rules of the series.
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Reading Progress
Finished Reading
July 12, 2009
– Shelved
November 25, 2016
– Shelved as:
fantasy-urban
February 3, 2018
– Shelved as:
witches-and-wizards
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Dec 31, 2011 08:28PM
Agree with all 11, but would add a 12th: The Archive, a 7 year old girl who takes wiser-beyond-her-years to a whole new level of scary, but still squeals over Mister.
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Harry does gain new power over time~~ sole fire for example~~
I think no. 10 should be a psychotic cat.
Good, psychotic, it's the same for a cat. I should know, I live with a good pyscho kittie.
Hi Chris! This may seem random, but here goes... I plan to read "Death Masks" soon, but graphic sex scenes make me incredibly uncomfortable, so I was wondering if you might possibly be able to tell me which chapter that scene is in so I could just skip that chapter. I realize it might be a huge pain, but I feel better about reading the book if I knew where to expect it.
I wouldn't call it graphic, but I go find the chapter for you. Will post it today or tomorrow
There's a brief abortive scene about 50 pages in that ends before it really goes anywhere.The main scene everyone remembers is the last 2/3 to 1/2 of chapter 25. IMO, the scene isn't horribly, terribly explicit and, IMO, it's in there for a reason - it's not just a random sex scene...
But if your tolerance is low, what I'd suggest is reading the first two or three pages until you have the general gist of what's going to happen then skip to the end of the chapter.
Thank you both very much for your help! I appreciate it a lot that you responded so helpfully to a random stranger's inquiry. :)
