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aunt_zeldaI'm not done, not yet, and my reading for this one has been the most sporadic ever. Forty pages in July. A hundred pages last week. Several chapters today. I might have to reread it right away just to get things coherent. I'm sure I'm missing little details.
But it's so good. It's so damn good. It's like those "bad future" episodes that I love so much (i.e. The Wish, Five Years Gone, etc.) with the added bonus that it's CANON. FUCK YEAH.
It's also one of the biggest cockteases of the books, and considering what we've gone through in the past, that is saying something. I still don't know who killed Harry, and just as he asked his FAIRY GODMOTHER a BINDING QUESTION of WHO KILLED HIM, she's unable to answer. ARARARARARAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH.
Also, Marcone has been mentioned LOADS and we've seen how he's been affecting the city and the characters since Harry died ... but he hasn't shown up onscreen (as it were) yet.I CANNOT STAND FOR THIS. THERE NEEDS TO BE SEXY MARCONE/GHOST!HARRY SEX RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. BOB COULD HELP. Serioulsy, though, Mr. Butcher, why are you dangling the promise of my favorite character in front of my face and then jerking it away? Am I a cat to be toyed with? Is Marcone my string? Why have I suddenly become Cat!Phelous?
There's one great big facet of Ghost Story that's been making me squee and punch the air and stuff, though.
Harry is basically WEAPONIZING FLASHBACKS.
...
That's right. He is having FLASHBACKS ... and it's relevant to the plot and it's MADE OF AWESOMESAUCE.
So not only do we have one of those "bad future" scenarios where we check in with familiar characters and most of them are badass and tough and broken and different and Things Have Gotten Darker, not only is there the tease of Marcone, not only is Ghost!Harry as snarky as ever, not only are the side characters getting fleshed out while the main characters are taking a bit of a break, and not only is the humor kick-butt as usual ... there are FLASHBACKS. Lots and lots of DETAILED FLASHBACKS.
The phrase "fangasm" has never been more apt.
But it's so good. It's so damn good. It's like those "bad future" episodes that I love so much (i.e. The Wish, Five Years Gone, etc.) with the added bonus that it's CANON. FUCK YEAH.
It's also one of the biggest cockteases of the books, and considering what we've gone through in the past, that is saying something. I still don't know who killed Harry, and just as he asked his FAIRY GODMOTHER a BINDING QUESTION of WHO KILLED HIM, she's unable to answer. ARARARARARAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH.
Also, Marcone has been mentioned LOADS and we've seen how he's been affecting the city and the characters since Harry died ... but he hasn't shown up onscreen (as it were) yet.
There's one great big facet of Ghost Story that's been making me squee and punch the air and stuff, though.
Harry is basically WEAPONIZING FLASHBACKS.
...
That's right. He is having FLASHBACKS ... and it's relevant to the plot and it's MADE OF AWESOMESAUCE.
So not only do we have one of those "bad future" scenarios where we check in with familiar characters and most of them are badass and tough and broken and different and Things Have Gotten Darker, not only is there the tease of Marcone, not only is Ghost!Harry as snarky as ever, not only are the side characters getting fleshed out while the main characters are taking a bit of a break, and not only is the humor kick-butt as usual ... there are FLASHBACKS. Lots and lots of DETAILED FLASHBACKS.
The phrase "fangasm" has never been more apt.
