It's silly that you're getting downvoted for saying this. Look, I'm a massive Dresden fan, and I have been since I was a teenager. I bought the collector's edition statue when it came out a few years ago. If you could look at my subreddit hours, I'm sure the amount spent on r/dresdenfiles would be concerning.
But to blithely ignore the series's problems is equally concerning. The fact that the female characters are also well-realized and developed doesn't change the fact that Harry, inter alia, has commented on more than one underage woman's attractiveness. Even Small Favor, which I see as a turning point in the series's maturity, has a scene when Harry comments on an adolescent Ivy's body. I honestly don't know if I'd recommend the series to anyone in 2022. The farthest I might go is to say "start at Book 10."
StarkestMadness t1_j2anu86 wrote
Reply to comment by zerombr in Does Don Winslow introduce endless female characters just to write explicitly about their bodies and sex lives? by hammnbubbly
It's silly that you're getting downvoted for saying this. Look, I'm a massive Dresden fan, and I have been since I was a teenager. I bought the collector's edition statue when it came out a few years ago. If you could look at my subreddit hours, I'm sure the amount spent on r/dresdenfiles would be concerning.
But to blithely ignore the series's problems is equally concerning. The fact that the female characters are also well-realized and developed doesn't change the fact that Harry, inter alia, has commented on more than one underage woman's attractiveness. Even Small Favor, which I see as a turning point in the series's maturity, has a scene when Harry comments on an adolescent Ivy's body. I honestly don't know if I'd recommend the series to anyone in 2022. The farthest I might go is to say "start at Book 10."
Edit: grammar