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| View Larger Image | Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, Book 6)
by Jim Butcher
| | List Price: | $7.99 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 3485 | | Studio: | Roc | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 372 | | Publication Date: | August 03, 2004 | | Publisher: | Roc |
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Product Description
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, takes on a case as a favor to his friend Thomas-a vampire of dubious integrity-only to become the prime suspect in a series of ghastly murders. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 55 reviews)
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VERY GOOD BOTCHER 
THE BEST HARRY DRESDEN BOOK SO FAR. A GOOD PLOT IF A LITTLE INTRICATE. BUCHER'S HUMOR COMES THROUGH FOR THE FIRST TIME. WISE CRACKING HARRY IS A REAL TREAT.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED/
August 06, 2008 | |
Ties of Blood
This book opens with a trademark Harry Dresden move: fleeing a burning building. It's the fault of the giant monkey demons who are hurling napalm pooh. Harry races to his car, which has been eaten by mold demons...With a chortle of laughter, the reader settles in for another wild ride in Chicagoland as imagined by Jim Butcher.
Harry gets to live every boy's dream: he's hired to help out on the set of a porn picture because the director thinks someone has cursed him. In previous books the bad guys popped up with such monotonous regularity one could mark one's page with them. There's more focus and a greater sense of urgency to this plot.
BLOOD RITES is the sixth in the series but it is the first to link strongly to the previous books and the first to explore Harry's past. Harry was given a little more depth in book five, but in this book, without any break in the action, Harry learns things he didn't know and confronts unpleasant truths about his mentor Ebenezar McCoy. I don't want to give any spoilers so all I will say is that Harry helps out his half-brother and gets adopted by a puppy. The ending is solid and as happy as anything ever gets for Harry, but certain elements provide great foreshadowing and sent me racing down to the bookstore to get the next one. Thanks, Jim!
July 30, 2008 | |
An amazing novel 
This was by far the worst book of the series. After I finished it, I decided that I was not going to continue the series; I was done. I am glad that I changed my mind, because books 7 and 8 were fantastic, Blood Rites was below average. As in all of his novels, Butcher creates great character depth. Additionally, the overall plot (the war with the Red Court, the drama with the White Council, the Nevernever, his involvement with the fairies) progresses in this novel. However, the fact that he uses the set of a porn film for this book was a little over the top. I have problems believing that this is where supernatural beings would wage battle. This novel can't be skipped because of its importance to the series, but I wish it could be.
June 30, 2008 | |
Just keeps getting better
Blood Rites is another masterpiece by Jim Butcher. Where Else can you get Flaming Monkey poo, Assasins, Hellfire, Vampire Porn stars, a dash of Fallen angel and Family all tied up into 2 detective cases and a personal grudge. Its great to see characters from the previous books and the tying up of some lose ends.
June 14, 2008 | |
Good book 
Still loven' the Harry Dresden Files. He still keeps me guessing. Good book, was hooked.
May 28, 2008 | |
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