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icepixieAs I've said before, though I feel vaguely guilty because it seems like something I should love, I'm not really a fan of the Dresden Files. However, I do like Murphy, and the promise of a novella from her POV was enough to entice me into borrowing Side Jobs from the library.
I...think I would've gotten more out of it had I ever read anything besides Storm Front and "Love Hurts" (the story preceding "Aftermath" in this volume). I knew that Harry had been shot and was presumed dead at the end of Changes, knew that Murphy was about to be fired and was considering taking up some kind of angelic sword, and I had a vague idea who most of the other characters were from fanfic, but that was kind of it. I thought Murphy's voice would be pretty different from Harry's, but...she was kind of a human Harry. Maybe less sarcastic. My favorite bit was her translations of the "Martian" language of grunts policemen and thugs used. I was rather confused by the assertion that "almost any woman" constantly thinks about the height/mass/strength advantage most males have over them; I suppose to someone who spends a lot of her time fighting and is trained in various martial arts, that might be the first thing that comes to mind, but I can't say as it does for me. If I see someone taller than me--and since I'm 5'5", the national average for women, statistically that happens, what, 60-70% of the time I see another adult human?--if I think about his/her height at all, it's going to be along the lines of, "I bet they could reach all KINDS of shelves I can't." (My parents' house has really stupidly high cabinets and shelves, okay? I constantly have to drag out the stepladder to get anything in the kitchen or laundry room/pantry.)
As a card-carrying Harry/Murphy shipper, I liked "Love Hurts" a lot more. It was so cute! It...kind of read like fanfic, almost, in that romance via mind control is such a pervasive cliche. AND AN AWESOME ONE. Oh, they were so adorable when they didn't want to give it up. And I loved how Harry figured out they'd been whammied because it was too easy and they were too happy. Ouch. Cute and funny, but ouch.
Given this and the near-date at the end of Changes, I wonder if Butcher is actually setting them up to be together some day. Perhaps Harry's death/near-death/whatever it turns out to be at the end of that novel will suck away some of his lifespan so that he won't outlive her by such a huge margin? I get the impression that's the biggest sticking point to them getting together, along with working together, which with Murphy's impending sacking would appear to be rapidly evaporating as an objection as well...
I...think I would've gotten more out of it had I ever read anything besides Storm Front and "Love Hurts" (the story preceding "Aftermath" in this volume). I knew that Harry had been shot and was presumed dead at the end of Changes, knew that Murphy was about to be fired and was considering taking up some kind of angelic sword, and I had a vague idea who most of the other characters were from fanfic, but that was kind of it. I thought Murphy's voice would be pretty different from Harry's, but...she was kind of a human Harry. Maybe less sarcastic. My favorite bit was her translations of the "Martian" language of grunts policemen and thugs used. I was rather confused by the assertion that "almost any woman" constantly thinks about the height/mass/strength advantage most males have over them; I suppose to someone who spends a lot of her time fighting and is trained in various martial arts, that might be the first thing that comes to mind, but I can't say as it does for me. If I see someone taller than me--and since I'm 5'5", the national average for women, statistically that happens, what, 60-70% of the time I see another adult human?--if I think about his/her height at all, it's going to be along the lines of, "I bet they could reach all KINDS of shelves I can't." (My parents' house has really stupidly high cabinets and shelves, okay? I constantly have to drag out the stepladder to get anything in the kitchen or laundry room/pantry.)
As a card-carrying Harry/Murphy shipper, I liked "Love Hurts" a lot more. It was so cute! It...kind of read like fanfic, almost, in that romance via mind control is such a pervasive cliche. AND AN AWESOME ONE. Oh, they were so adorable when they didn't want to give it up. And I loved how Harry figured out they'd been whammied because it was too easy and they were too happy. Ouch. Cute and funny, but ouch.
Given this and the near-date at the end of Changes, I wonder if Butcher is actually setting them up to be together some day. Perhaps Harry's death/near-death/whatever it turns out to be at the end of that novel will suck away some of his lifespan so that he won't outlive her by such a huge margin? I get the impression that's the biggest sticking point to them getting together, along with working together, which with Murphy's impending sacking would appear to be rapidly evaporating as an objection as well...
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Date: 2010-11-03 11:59 pm (UTC)You could also steal!read at B&N; it's only about twenty pages.
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Date: 2010-11-04 12:47 am (UTC)