I received a copy of Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files: War Cry Collection (Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher from Net Galley at no charge. The opinions are mine.
I’ve read every single book and short story Jim Butcher wrote about Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only practicing wizard, so was delighted to get a chance to see this one early and at no charge. Unfortunately I discovered that it was very difficult to read, not because of a weak plot or lack of interest, but due to the limitations of graphic novels typography.
I simply could not read the words. My Nook Color can expand a given part of the page, and I tried to do that with a few pages, but it is tedious and when the text was expanded enough to read, the pictures and rest of the page were blocked out. It’s too hard to follow the story when you have to jump back and forth dialogue bubble by dialogue bubble.
Look at that cover. Doesn’t this look like a great read, with lots of Harry action, swords and wizardry? I’d like to read the story but not when it means peering at the page to see the text. This is a limitation of me, not the novel.
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