Well, not *totally* stops, but once Karrin finds out about the whole Wizard thing (though it might take a bit - I skipped books 3-5, and only read book 2 once waaaaaay back maybe a year or two after it came out, so I haven't a clue when she actually does find out) he's less obnoxious about it.
Honestly, the only reason I decided to give the series another chance is because I read this highly amusing Dresden fic, where I was first introduced to Mouse. Mouse is awesome (Thomas was also in the fic, and he seemed pretty cool, too), so I decided to see if I could handle the series once Mouse (and to a lesser degree, Thomas) showed up in book six (Blood Rites), and lo, it was good! Or at least I didn't want to punch Harry in the face as much as I did when I tried to reread in the first one.
I will not spoil you on who Thomas or Mouse are (unless you want me to; in which case, I shall direct you to the fic I mentioned earlier. ;) ), but the long and the short of it is YES, it *does* get better! And I had no trouble hopping into the series at book 6 beyond the typical "who the hell are these people?" questions that come up with characters introduced and established in earlier books. And I was able to pretty much keep everything straight by finding some nicely detailed plot summaries of books 2 through 5 online.
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Date: 2011-11-09 02:57 am (UTC)Honestly, the only reason I decided to give the series another chance is because I read this highly amusing Dresden fic, where I was first introduced to Mouse. Mouse is awesome (Thomas was also in the fic, and he seemed pretty cool, too), so I decided to see if I could handle the series once Mouse (and to a lesser degree, Thomas) showed up in book six (Blood Rites), and lo, it was good! Or at least I didn't want to punch Harry in the face as much as I did when I tried to reread in the first one.
I will not spoil you on who Thomas or Mouse are (unless you want me to; in which case, I shall direct you to the fic I mentioned earlier. ;) ), but the long and the short of it is YES, it *does* get better! And I had no trouble hopping into the series at book 6 beyond the typical "who the hell are these people?" questions that come up with characters introduced and established in earlier books. And I was able to pretty much keep everything straight by finding some nicely detailed plot summaries of books 2 through 5 online.