What does /lit/ think about the Dresden Files series?

>>9062968
i dont know i read the first one when i was like 12. one of my sisters friends left behind like 8 dresden books and theyve been sitting on my shelf collecting dust.
not sure what to do with them.

>>9062968
Essentially, they are The Hardy Boys but with magic.

>>9062968
I honestly don't know if Jim Butcher is just a manchild who thinks Dresden is actually cool, or a decent writer who intentionally made Dresden stagnate emotionally at 16 due to trauma. I doubt it though. Still, it's infuriating. SHUT UP ABOUT MARCONE. JUST WORK WITH HIM YOU STUPID FUCKING CHILD.

Starts off pretty shallow and is pretty shit until the 13th book. Changes wasn't half as fedora tier as the rest. Turns shit again after that.

>>9062968
I like how the magic works, very D&D. They started getting away from that later on.

>>9062968
They're pulpy and easy to read and if you're reading it because of that you might like it.
I read a few and stopped because I started hating them.
The protagonist is what a nerd thinks of as the perfect man (attractive, cool, a gentleman and VERY SNARKY: HE HAS A SNARKY COMEBACK FOR EVERYTHING).

The books are very much aimed at people self-identifying as nerds. The worldbuilding is kinda fun and if you don't think that 'nerd culture™' is a blight on mankind (which it is and I do) then I'd recommend them to you.