Meanwhile, the author still throws tons of beautiful women at him, many of whom are given conveniently contrivanced reasons to flash some T&A, so Dresden can continue to wax knightly. He makes a lot of speeches about how noble and chivalrous he insists on being, as if the reader is supposed to admire him for this. The weakness in this book was the same weakness as in the previous book - Dresden is supposed to a great wizard, with 'darkness in his soul,' but he's constantly broke, harassed, and mewling about women troubles. On the other hand, the scene where he has a protracted conversation with his subconscious in order to drop a ton of exposition on the reader and spell out all of his deep, hidden insecurities, as well as make several deductive leaps that were apparently too hard to write into the actual story, was just lazy. The sequence in which Dresden himself experiences what it's like to be a loup garou was rather well done.

The FBI shows up to investigate the killings, with their usual lack of humor, and lack of appreciation for so-called 'wizards' babbling about werewolves.īutcher's writing isn't bad in terms of dialog and even turns of phrase. The returning secondary villain is Johnny Marconi, Chicago's biggest gangster and Harry's nemesis from the previous book, apparently destined to be the ongoing mundane antagonist to our hotshot wizard, as opposed to all the demons and dark wizards he's pissing off on the supernatural side.ĭresden's cop friend, Karin Murphy, is under investigation by Internal Affairs because of stuff that happened in the last book. This is a moderately interesting spin, except basically what Butcher does is take all the different versions of the loup garou legend and say 'They're all true!' It turns out there are several kinds of werewolves, and they all show up here. In Fool Moon, Dresden has to stop a murderous werewolf. I don't know when it's supposed to become awesome, but the first two books have been passably entertaining urban fantasies with decent worldbuilding, so-so writing, and pretty lame characterization. Throw in environmental activists and a pair of young werewolves in love and you have something of Fool Moon.ĭresden fans insist the series takes several books to hit its stride. Soon he finds himself pinned between trigger-happy FBI agents, shape-shifiting motorcycle gang members, a threatened mobster boss, and an heir to an ancient curse along with his primal fiance. He wants to redeem himself in Murphy's eyes and make enough money to quiet his rumbling stomach. Karin Murphy of Chicago's Special Investigations Unit. With little more than his integrity left, he accepts an offer of work from Lt. His vast knowledge and magical skills are unfortunately matched by his talent for making powerful enemies and alienating friends. Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is Chicago's only openly practicing wizard.

Fool moon by jim butcher