Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, Book 2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jim Butcher
Publisher: Roc
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Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0451458125
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780451458124
ASIN: 0451458125
Publication Date: January 1, 2001
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Could a werewolf be loose in Chicago? Common sense says no. The grisly evidence says yes. So does Harry Dresden. And with his weird connections, he should know....
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 Not magical enough... November 7, 2008
My biggest complaint about the 2nd novel in Butcher's Dresden Files series is that there isn't enough magic. Most of the time, I could easily forget he had magical powers at all. Whatever his powers, most of the situtions he got through here were on luck alone.
I liked the idea of Werewolves as a topic for this volume. I am an avid reader of all things vampire or were. Butcher's take was different than a lot that I had read and I applaud this book for this unique view.
The book lost points for the police handling in this story, which at some points were ludacrous. But it gains points for Harry...Harry is sarcastic, witty, and although he may not want people to always notice, he is a kind person. Those traits together make him one of the most likeable characters in sci-fi or paranormal fiction.
I definetely enjoyed this book enough to seek out the next volume in the series. I hope that they keep getting better in plot and substance, and that they stay true to the character of Harry Dresden as fleshed out in the first two volumes.
 Great entry to a great series. October 19, 2008
While Fool Moon isn't quite as developed as the previous book in the series, it is still a great addition to The Dresden Files. A fantastic yarn of wolves, lust, and losing humanity.
This book, and series, gets a solid recommend to any supernatural, fantasy lover of mystery and the dark arts.
 Not so hot September 28, 2008
This book really could have used some editing. It seemed like there were good ideas behind it, but they weren't well executed. Some of the mechanisms the author used to move the story along made me roll my eyes and put the book down for a while (the worst would be the chapter of talking to the subconscious in a dream because he can't seem to figure things out any other way). I want to like these books, but they have so many problems that they make me cringe. He gets the second star only because I find the ideas interesting.
Everything you ever wanted to know about werewolves ... and then some! September 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Harry Dresden is a hapless, down on his luck wizard. In fact, he's the only licensed wizard in the Chicago phone book. Business isn't exactly brisk so from time to time he acts as a consultant with the Chicago Police Department when the cases drift out of the mundane and into the realm of the paranormal. When Karrin Murphy, one of Chicago's finest, is called upon to investigate a series of murders in which the victims appear to have been viciously mauled by a pack of ravenous animals, she knew it was time to call on Harry's unique skills. With the able assistance of his libidinous and wildly amusing skull-friend, Bob, Dresden quickly finds himself up to his amulet encircled neck in the mythology of hexenwolves, shape-shifters, lycanthropes, werewolves and loup-garous.
"Fool Moon" is an enjoyable novel that almost defies genre classification. While Harry Dresden assumes the role of the angst-ridden, hard-boiled detective with the self-sufficient, anti-authority attitude reminiscent of a John Corey or Harry Bosch, he's also a bit of a laughable bumbler. We've got fantasy, blended with comedy, the paranormal, cozy mystery and thriller. Dresden also cautiously but very temptingly treads on the edges of hot and torrid animalistic sexuality by having his well-endowed female protagonists do much of their heavy breathing and shape-shifting in the moon-lit altogether.
As with any venture into the paranormal, a considerable suspension of disbelief is required. But the willing reader will reap abundant rewards - strong character development; gritty, realistic, easy-flowing, natural dialogue that has lots of lightweight comedic moments; good guys and bad guys that will evoke strong reactions; smiles, chuckles and laughs throughout; a new supernatural universe complete with rules governing the use of magic and an over-riding White Council, the government overseeing the appropriate use of magic as it were; a convincing glimpse at the criminal mind's twisted interpretation of honour and respect; and an enjoyable tale that will provide a few hours of pure entertainment.
Toward the end of the novel, I began to think that Mr Butcher was pushing his luck a little on the length of the novel. Frankly, a bit of judicious editorial pruning would have made for a shorter novel with a higher ability to sustain suspense and interest throughout. But, except for this forgivable weakness, Jim Butcher looks like he has created a lovable enjoyable series with a bucketful of fans, myself included.
Highly recommended.
Paul Weiss
Packed with action and suspense. September 25, 2008
I am really enjoying this series, and this was another good installment. The positives are again the great insights of the central character, the interactions with "Bob", the good pacing, and the humor.
This one in particular was a book that really had some suspense. I know the series went on, so I knew that Harry had to live, but there were times I had no idea how he would make it to the end of the book.
There was a major negative in this one for me and that is this - Murphy is supposedly such a wonderful super-cop was just an utter idiot for a good part of the book. Without giving too much in the way of spoilers, she acted completely out of character, and very stupidly for someone of her supposed investigative abilities. Then at the very end she suddenly magically goes the other way and puts it all together and returns her trust to Harry in no time.
There were other ways to have brought about those same events in the plot without turning a brilliant detective into an utter fool for a time, and that really bothered me for awhile during the middle of the book.
That aside, the book was still outstanding, and the climax and really the entire last third of the book were utterly gripping. A great read overall.
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