Aaron

Boring, not funny, and full of cringy BS, presumably, from the credited sensitivity reader.

Worth picking up for the city building section alone.

Slow, wandering, pointless story.  Dark and crude.

It's better than my three star review might lead you to believe, it's just not my favoured brand of fantasy.

I can't believe I waited so long to read this. A must for any Dresden fan.

I admit I rounded up to 5 stars because of the anime. Some of the scenes were funnier because I'd watched them. (If you haven't seen the anime, I highly recommend it.)

If you like fantasy and comedy, I think you'll like this book. If you like RPGs, I think you'll like it even more. The only down side for me was the masochist character, which I didn't find funny, but it didn't ruin my enjoyment of the story.

The ending was disappointing, it didn't make sense. Why didn't they just Spoileruse Prometheus on the Imperial fleet attacking Earth?

Read for book club. I'm probably not enough of a car guy to really appreciate this one.

The author seemed to be going down a checklist of mistakes amateurs make.  The book starts with melodramatic introspection, moves to an info dump of irrelevant world building, and then starts telling (and telling and telling) instead of showing.

Jury Duty by Jim Butcher.

I'm not usually one for humorous fantasy, but this one was OK.

A sequel that's every bit as good as the first book. I like the new characters and I'm looking forward to the next book.

Two disparate stories come together. Creepy aliens. Cool space ships.

The writing on this is amazing.

This would probably get 4 stars from me, but there was something bothering through the whole book. Sometimes it obvious that it was the author's intent, especially in the dialog, but other times it could just been a mistake. Many pronouns, articles, and other connecting words didn't make it to the page (like in my previous two sentences.) All those “nothing” and “unnecessary” words that make a sentence flow. It ruined the rhythm of the book for me. It's hard to enjoy a fantasy when you're constantly being dragged back to reality by the words on the page. I'll try the next one and hope it was just an editing mistake that's not repeated.

Dang it, I read book two first.

A guilty pleasure. The author REALLY needs a good editor, but space ships are cool, so I'll keep reading.

It's been awhile since I've read this and I don't remember much about it. But from what I do remember, that sounds about right.

Not awful, but not great. Worth picking up if it's the only thing available.

Christian fiction, but if that's OK with you, it's not bad.

Another solid entry in the series, though not a lot really happened or changed.

Intelligent humor with just enough pop culture in the mix.

Bubba Shackleford's Professional Monster Killers by Larry Correa, Trouble in an Hourglass by Jody Lynn Nye, Chance Corrigan and the Lord of the Underworld by Michael A. Stockpole, A Fistful of Warlocks by Jim Butcher.

I liked this second book more than the first. The cheesy romance is still there, but the pacing was much better. I wish the magic system made more sense, but it didn't bother me as much this time. Maybe I was just used to it.

I liked the magic system, although it didn't make much sense. I liked the characters, although they weren't fleshed out. Beyond the smaller flaws, the two things that kept me from really liking it were that it was much too short and the romance... the romance.

A great end to the series. The Author has said that he has no plans to write any more Grimnoir books, but I hope he changes his mind.

Yep, that's a dragon.