Wow after about a year and a half from Storm Front to Battle Ground I feel like I have been on a journey. The growth of the characters and expansion of the world really feels like we have come a long way. The loss of Murphy is going to hurt in the next few books as I am sure Harry will take a long time to get over that if he even can. I’m not sure what is next but I am hear for it.
I would always try to remind myself that the character is a person and they are simply observing things and that many of those observations are ones I would even make myself. There’s no wrongness in noticing any particular thing. It’s just input. However, when I’m describing observations about a person to someone else, I’m almost certainly not going to provide that kind of detail. It’s absolutely superfluous. And so I found Butcher’s propensity for that to be weird. At the same time, it was human enough that I felt it could be tolerated should the story be good. And the stories are good. I miss them.
It’s been at least two years since I read a Dresden story and I’m not sure what Butcher’s timetable is for more books. Word on the street (aka wikipedia) is that he has plans for five more. No idea if he’s written much in this world the last 4 years though.
I’ve never been good at “following” personalities, so I get surprised when I eventually find out new books are published. One author I enjoy just released the final book in a series I’ve been reading. I found out because apparently I’m on his email newsletter list. I guess I should be doing that for every author. 😁 No need to when it comes to Patrick Rothfuss though. I’ve given up on that dream. (Okay okay. Below the belt. sorry. But a little not sorry also. 😬)