Grave Peril

The Dresden Files, Book 3

By: Jim Butcher

Narrated by: James Marsters

Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden has had a rough couple of weeks. As the only openly practicing professional wizard in the Chicago area, he has squared off against a multitude of supernatural bad guys. Harry has won the day against demons, poltergeists, sorcerers, trolls, vampires, werewolves, and even an evil faerie godmother. You might think nothing could spook him. You would be wrong.

Something is stirring up angry apparitions all over town. Something that can break all the laws of supernatural physics. Something that doesnt like Harry. His closest friends are being targeted. The net is closing in. Harry must find a solution soon or find this is one Nightmare from which he will never waken.

©2001 Jim Butcher (P)2004 Buzzy Multimedia

keeps getting better

I enjoyed the first two Dresden files but this one really stepped it up a nothch

Good Storyline

In this one the narrator was a little better. the pauses that he does for maybe dramatic effect are super hard on me. overall I like the books. it's hard because I almost find them all sad and unfair. But the story lines are great. I am going to continue to read them. def my fave book so far.

Drama sex and vampires.

what's not to love about this book. it was my favorite the first time I read it and even better read to me

Fantastic

Performance and story above reproach in every way. It's my second time through and this guy makes it sound awesome.

Marsters is great

Where does Grave Peril rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Don't get me wrong. The first person narrative helps. The story is damn good too. I keep wait for Butcher to mess up and contradict himself but he hasn't yet.

What did you like best about this story?

He introduces new characters, while keeping the old and letting minor characters develop.

Any additional comments?

Marsters can do other voices almost seamlessly and the first person narration means if it sounds like Dresden, well it should as it was him doing an imitation of, say, his evil fairy god-mother.

There are 2 types of heroes I like least.

Those two types are the guys who fight off their backs. Meaning they are almost always on painful defense and barely win EVERY fight.
The other type is the reluctant hero. There really isn't much of the second in this but the first? Good grief man. You can't be thrilling with more power than ever and then just not be after doing something you do all the time. I liked the book enough I guess. I just don't like the fighting off the back thing. Enough. Just overwhelm someone every now and then.

Performance

What about James Marsters’s performance did you like?

I found the first two books a bit hard to listen to, can't pinpoint exactly what was wrong with James Masters performance but it was just of somehow, but I can now honestly say that he has now mastered this craft and I will not hesitate to purchase future Harry Dresden books with James Masters narration them.

Better and Better

This is more along the lines of what I was expecting when my friends ranted about the Dresden files. Less repetitiveness, less whiny cops (which is a real pet peeve of mine), less poor little ol me. Finally in this book we are beginning to see Dresden grow and wake up not as much as I would like, but you can see it. You learn more and more about him, as well as the world of magic that is around us, and not just the little tidbits Dresden is willing to share, but the world really becomes alive in this book. Not to mention there is less of the cop (sorry I still really don't like her) and new characters are added, that leave you wanting to hear and see more of them, old characters are detailed out instead of being 2 dimension stick figures propped up in the story, you really see them grow as well and become part of the story and the world and a real and viable threat. It is my sincere hope the series continues this positive progress forward. I am not actually looking forward to book 4. though I am still not fully invested in Dresden himself, I am more invested in the world around him.

keeps you hooked till the end

amazing narrator, and Jim Butcher did it again and produced another amazing book for the dresden file collection

Absolutely love this book!

Jim Butcher has an incredible style. James Marsters does a phenomenal job narrating. You feel like you are Harry Dresden, not just hearing a story about him.