I tried the Dresden books and just hated them. Like, all characters are assholes and women are mostly sexy cardbords and just... noped out of that one very quickly, swore to never touch anything by him ever again.
A few years later a dear friend started talking about how great Codex Alera is. I picked up the series mostly because I trust her and I am so glad I did. Like, it's not great, but it is a genuinely fun fantasy adventure, also makes me wonder about Butcher, because it turns out he can write nice characters and women that are not two dimensional (though I feel the need to point out that it is very early 2000s fantasy, like, you can really tell. But it's still fun)
Jim Butcher.
I tried the Dresden books and just hated them. Like, all characters are assholes and women are mostly sexy cardbords and just... noped out of that one very quickly, swore to never touch anything by him ever again.
A few years later a dear friend started talking about how great Codex Alera is. I picked up the series mostly because I trust her and I am so glad I did. Like, it's not great, but it is a genuinely fun fantasy adventure, also makes me wonder about Butcher, because it turns out he can write nice characters and women that are not two dimensional (though I feel the need to point out that it is very early 2000s fantasy, like, you can really tell. But it's still fun)