Storm Front

The Dresden Files, Book 1

By: Jim Butcher

Narrated by: James Marsters

Length: 8 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago. As far as I know, I'm the only openly practicing professional wizard in the country. You can find me in the yellow pages, under Wizards. Believe it or not, I'm the only one there.

With rent past due and a decent meal becoming an issue of some importance, Harry needs work, and soon. A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires, while he himself is under suspicion of the crimes.

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love Jim butcher

great narrator superb writing style great characters love the whole series of books fifth time going through again

Good story, bad story-teller

I bought this book without reading the reviews, and I did enjoy the story overall. However, I noticed almost immediately that the the recording captured more than just the story. When I noticed the reader’s mouth noises and breaths, I feared that I was just overly sensitive to those noises for some reason. But after glancing at the other reviews and seeing that everyone had the same experience, I was relieved that it was not just me.

If there were a way to update the recording to remove as much of the extra noises as possible, that would be great.

Must hear❤️❤️❤️

This is the first audio book I received from my son! He highly recommended this series to me and BOY! He was not wrong!
Absolutely no holds bar on the emotions, spot on emphasizing areas, fabulous piece of work!!!

Good quick read

Entertaining and easily finished with an 8 hour run time. The narration felt slightly awkward sometimes. I’m not the biggest fan of the writing style and the story/characters which felt a bit shallow. However the world itself is interesting and I’d like to see it expanded upon in future installments. All in all a fun little read if you like mystery and supernatural stories.

entertaining

It's an enjoyable listen, the subject matter and the reader go well together. worth the time.

can't go wrong with James Marsters reading Harry

audio books are usually too slow for my reading pace, but James Marsters is masterful with his reading of Dresden's antics. Am already ready for round 2.

Found a new series to love!

A friend recommended this series, I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next book. Narrator was excellent.

Great story- narration needs work

The story itself is quite good, the book picked up an end on a high note. The narrator well often is quite enjoyable, is also very distracting as others have noted here. Often times, he is smacking his lips, swallowing hard, making weird pauses, you can hear his furniture creaking in the background. Once you notice it, it distracts from the story which in and of itself is quite enjoyable. Looking forward to the next book and I hope in the raider has improved or at least is working out of a studio rather than his studio apartment.

Not my first go with Harry

I first read Storm Front in paperback, so I knew the story. It was a very different experience with the audio book and James Marsters performance bringing Harry to life.

I am stating at the beginning in preparation for the two newest releases in the Dresden Saga, already in my Library.

What captured me about Butcher's Wizard Detective is how fallible and imperfect he is. And we see and survive it all as the story unfolds. Dresden was one the first person POV stories/characters I've read and actually wanted to have more.

Storm Front is a great opening to an expanding series and I they all get better trom here. I was surprised at how abruptly the ends were tied up. That was not what I remembered from the first read, but I know there is more fun in in the windy city to come and deeper depths to uncover in the next pages.

Best book in a long time

I drive 100 miles each way to work every day, so I listen to a lot of podcasts and books on Audible. I had seen the Dresden files books on Kindle and in book stores but the covers never warranted a second glance from me. However a couple of the DnD podcasts had mentioned the books and I was aware of the series. While watching a YouTube series (WebDM) they mentioned the Dresden files again and since I had an Audible credit available and I was not sure what to listen to next, I figured I'd take the plunge.

Usually I listen to my books in the car and that's it. I could not get away from the story in Storm Front. An 8 hour book is usually good for a weeks worth of content while driving back and worth between work and home. I started this one on the Friday commute home and I had to buy the next book for my commute Monday morning.

Jim Butcher's style and ability to weave a story is amazing and the Performance was outstanding. I am downloading the second book now, and I am sure I will be listening to book three later this week.