Dead Beat

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• The Best Reviews: Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

  "great fantasy" Chicago's only paranormal wizard-detective listed in the phone book, Harry Dresden shares a basement apartment with vampiric half-brother Thomas, who feeds on beautiful women but never kills or turns them as Thomas is a member of the ... (read full critics)

  thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

• Dead Beat : A Novel of the Dresden Files

  Dead Beat is the seventh book in Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series. Harry Dresden is the only professional wizard in the Chicago phonebook and he assists the Chicago Police with their stranger cases; that keeps him pretty busy. The story begins with ... (read full critics)

  infinityplus published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

7 Reviews

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  More stuff is adding up, I don't see where Mr. Butcher is going yet but "The Dresden Files" are as funny and entertaining as ever.
  Sue's the best!

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  RubraAddicted said on Dec 29, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Another frantic run hoping the reader won't mind the weak spots.

  Butcher is good at pacing and at keeping a constant balance between fun and glaring implausibilities in his stories.
  Yes, I know... in a series about modern-day magical underground set in Chicago, where "good" wizards battle vampires and other assorted nasties you may wonder what I can find implausi ... (continue)

  Butcher is good at pacing and at keeping a constant balance between fun and glaring implausibilities in his stories.
  Yes, I know... in a series about modern-day magical underground set in Chicago, where "good" wizards battle vampires and other assorted nasties you may wonder what I can find implausible.
  Well, without spoiling anything, I can assure you that the kind of (physical) punishment the main character goes through from the second half of the book onwards starts looking a bit like Pro-level American Wrestling... especially because he keeps getting up and delivering some signature move that always bring the baddies down (no matter how spectacularly badder they are this time).

  I am afraid that the author has definitely lost his narrative control and so to make his cliffhangers cliffier he tends to overdo (badly) the problems the hero has to face. So much that when he finally solves them (which always implies becoming more powerful than he was at the start of the novel) they look a bit hollow. Or they do to me, at least.

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  Pamar said on Jan 1, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  This book had everything I could ever hope for. Comedy, drama, horror, action and adventure. A very good read. I'd say it's the best Dresden FIles book I have ever stumbled upon! With the best ending i have ever read, this book is just begging to be made into a movie. Too bad hollywood is dumb to ma ... (continue)

  This book had everything I could ever hope for. Comedy, drama, horror, action and adventure. A very good read. I'd say it's the best Dresden FIles book I have ever stumbled upon! With the best ending i have ever read, this book is just begging to be made into a movie. Too bad hollywood is dumb to make a move.

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  Anwplusj 200 said on Oct 21, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Ok, guys, it is official: Jim Butcher is definitively a genius.
  And polka?
  Polka will never die! Of course.

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  Emma said on Aug 9, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  I can't believe he did that

  Sue. Evil Bob. Butters. Love it.
  POLKA WILL NEVER DIE!!!

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  Athene1710 said on Apr 30, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  Dresden Files Book 7

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  Zhye said on Aug 3, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 512 Pages
• ISBN-10: 184149528X
• ISBN-13: 9781841495286
• Publisher: Orbit
• Pub date: Jun 01, 2006
• Dimensions: 1161 mm x 710 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and eBook

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