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Skin Game by Jim Butcher

3 reviews

sexualedward's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

 This, I think, overcame Dead Beat as my favorite Dresden book (First being Changes). 
 Detective noir + fantasy = Dresden Files. That’s what you tell people when you pitch this series. One book is about solving a murder committed by magic, another can be finding someone kidnapped by a group of vampires, and Skin Game is about robbing a vault…in the underworld…while being forced to work with a/the primary villain of the series.
 Harry talks to Maggie (Finally!), Butters
gets a lightsaber and becomes a night of the cross
, Micheal is back in action, Uriel gets humanized, and Harry
gives birth and I cannot wait to see more of her.

 Oh, and also,
Goodman Grey is one of my new favorite characters. The whole scheme Harry pulled by hiring him first and the bombshell they were talking in code SINCE THEY FIRST MET, so now you can read the book again and pick up on things they were saying in code, is cooler than Arctis Tor.

 Cerberus is a very good boi.
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storyphile's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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librarymouse's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I think this may be the best of the Dresden files series yet.
Harry's reclamation of faith in himself is so well written. It was wonderful being able to see him fight alongside Michael again and having Michael be the conduit that helps him realize his own humanity is still there. I also really loved Butters's character development. He went from just a self-proclaimed little guy to a guy who's still little, but who's willing to risk himself in order to save people he loves and protect innocents. I loved all the movie references, even if I didn't fully understand all of them. It's nice to know that Harry still has his encyclopedic nerd knowledge. Butters's theories on how to mantle of the winter knight works are really interesting and fit with his previous assessments of wizard healing factors. I'm glad we get to see more of him in these books. The fact that his sword as a knight of the Cross is a lightsaber is just the icing on the cake. Murphy's character development was really solid. I'm glad to see her back on solid ground no longer having to mourn Harry. I was afraid that she had been corrupted by whatever had corrupted Maeve in the last book. She was so angry and short sighted. I'm glad to see her back to being one of the level-headed people in their gang of misfits. I'm also glad she and Harry are actually trying to sort out their feelings for each other. Molly reaching out to Maggie and filling her little head with positive stories of her dad while he was isolating himself on demon reach is adorable. Maggie getting to just be a kid is one of the best parts of the book. Her asking Harry to be her dad is what finally made him feel almost human again. Her rekindled relationship with her parents and siblings is heartwarming to see after her running away and lashing out as a teen, and then living on the street after Harry's death. I'm concerned about what Molly has become in the wake of becoming the winter lady. She's able to use technology that human magic users can't, and I hope that it doesn't lead to her corruption in a different sort of way then what happened to her predecessor. Hannah Asher's character is so dang sad. For her to have been a warlock who finally found a peace with the resistance group fighting against the red Court only to have most of the friends she made there die in front of her makes her desire for revenge against Harry understandable. The execution of her plan, subsequent death, and inability to understand that the denarians were manipulating her it was heartbreaking. I really liked her. Gray was a fun red herring. Him being a skin walker pulled the rug out from under Harry and the reader, as did his fee. I hope you get to see more of him.


This book was stupidly hard to find as a library audiobook. I had to borrow someone's library card to finally get access, but I'm glad I did.
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