I feel vaguely guilty because it seems like something I should love, I'm not really a fan of the Dresden Files.
Hahahahah. So, a good half of my in-person friends (the folks I went to college with, lived with, etc) absolutely love those books, and... I read the first one and was so underwhelmed that I pretty much pawned it off my best friend, who agreed it was dull, and then never looked back. Except occasionally to argue "it's just another dull urban fantasy, with the added 'oo, exciting' that it's a guy protagonist instead of a girl" whenever people bring it up to me. Because, at least as far as the first book was concerned, that's exactly what it is. Someone please tell me when casting men as the main characters in pulp detective stories became "edgy," because, last time I checked, it was the freaking norm.
Not like I'm bitter or anything about how every few years someone tries to tell me about how really they're genius if I'd just give them more of a chance.
Although I do hear that James Marsters reads the audios. Which might be interesting... but, no, not quite enough.
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Date: 2010-11-03 04:18 am (UTC)Hahahahah. So, a good half of my in-person friends (the folks I went to college with, lived with, etc) absolutely love those books, and... I read the first one and was so underwhelmed that I pretty much pawned it off my best friend, who agreed it was dull, and then never looked back. Except occasionally to argue "it's just another dull urban fantasy, with the added 'oo, exciting' that it's a guy protagonist instead of a girl" whenever people bring it up to me. Because, at least as far as the first book was concerned, that's exactly what it is. Someone please tell me when casting men as the main characters in pulp detective stories became "edgy," because, last time I checked, it was the freaking norm.
Not like I'm bitter or anything about how every few years someone tries to tell me about how really they're genius if I'd just give them more of a chance.
Although I do hear that James Marsters reads the audios. Which might be interesting... but, no, not quite enough.