Changes Perfected The Dresden Files - REVIEW 

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“Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?" "Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead, I said solemnly, and frosting of white.”

I used the knife. I saved a child. I won a war. God forgive me.

The number one Dresden "book" is clearly the short story told from the perspective of mouse. He is a good boy, everyone says so.

This is why we were all so happy when you started Storm Front. We knew what was coming. You just had to make far enough. Polka Never Dies!!!

“The man once wrote: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Tolkien had that one mostly right. I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, "Fuck subtle.” This is my favorite quote from the series! This sums up Harry completely!

I think it was Rothfuss that said that said that Dresden is THE best evolving character in literature currently

There is no joy for a Dresden fan like watching the reaction of someone else finishing Changes.

"life is a journey, time is a river. The door is ajar."

I introduced my girlfriend to The Dresden Files and I made sure I was there for when she read the last pages of Changes. Her look of absolute shock will stay with me forever.

Oh, do audio for your reread. Marsters *is* Dresden. It's great.

I already finished Ghost Story... yeah it will be done by the end of the week.

Definitely do a reread. You’ll be amazed at how much foreshadowing was there without you noticing.

What I love most about Changes is it feels like a season finale while laying groundwork for the next season. Butcher was able to wrap up a lot of plotlines in Changes (and to a lesser extent Turn Coat) and also give you just taste of what I am assuming is the end game for the series (you see this the most in Cold Days). Amso totally agree with the ramifications. Next part is spoilery! My favorite quote from Butcher is his direct response to Changes having a cliffhanger, in which he disagrees in the most Jim Butcher way arguing cliffhangers leave the plot hanging and he says "Harry's daughter is kidnapped and he will die to get her back. And does. The end" 😂😂😂

About the Susan coming out of nowhere. Have you ever wondered why Jim describes a sex scene with Susan? It felt extremely out of place and graphic, because he never did it before, or after. Not to that extent. And this is why. It was the time they made Maggie.

I was the weird fifteen-year-old girl reading these eleven years ago. Murphy was my icon, even if my mom thought I was joining a cult based on the Dresden covers. Dresden is still my favorite fantasy series. Thanks for doing the great Jim Butcher interview!

What makes my day is that at 7:15 he says "We" when referring to Dresden fans. ONE OF US! ONE OF US! Puts a smile on my face. And don't forget Daniel, you still have Codex Alera and Cinder Spires to get to as well.

0:00 *Gets popcorn ready* this gonna be goood :D

It is impossible for me to pin down my favorite lines and/or scenes in Changes but every time I read this line it's like punch in the stomach. “I used the knife. I saved a child. I won a war. God forgive me.”

Now just imagine what those of us who had to wait for Ghost Story endured. That was like waiting for Return of the Jedi after Empire. Which is, of course, exactly what Long Shot Author wanted.

Haha, watching this makes me remember how I read Changes until 3 am in college when it came out, and then spent another hour staring at the wall unable to sleep once I finished it. Good times.

THIS IS WHAT I DREAMT YOU WOULD RELEASE AS A VIDEO LAST NIGHT. MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.

Without spoiling anything, you're really lucky to be reading it now. When I read Changes we had to wait a LONG time for answers and it's not a spoiler to say it ends with a cliffhanger, but man, what a cliffhanger. Oyyyyyy, it was a long LONG wait for Ghost Story back then.

Just wondering, have you been following along with the short story content in "Side Jobs" and "Brief Cases?" The various stories in those collections take place between the main books, and flesh out the DF world quite a bit. Some of them are very relevant to the development of several characters. Namely Thomas, Karrin, Molly, and Marcone. Sorry if you were already asked about this.

The foreshadowing is in "Death Masks". Also, we still haven't seen all of the ramifications from the party in "Grave Peril".

Small Favour has my favourite moment in all of DF: Harrys letter to Ivy. Turn Coat as a whole might not be my favourite, but it has some of the best of Toot-toot and Mouse in it.

There's a short story called "Aftermath" in the Side Jobs collection that takes place between Changes and Ghost Story from Murphy's pov that you should definitely go read right now!

And now you understand our excitement!

Some people quit DF in the first 4 books, and i kinda get it, but I'll bet good money that nobody quits DF after reading Changes. Can't be done.

Just imagine getting to the end of Changes and then waiting A FULL GOD DAMN YEAR for Ghost Story!

I love that even the *title* makes a change to the formula you know: one word instead of 2

Theres a good clip in one of the Q&As of Jim butcher where he talks about sending this book to he's editer and they rang him say u ###### him! And Jim said yeah now we can do the really fun stuff lol

dresden files is officially daniel's drug addiction XD

Changes, Ghost Story, and Cold Days make a nice little trilogy.

Definitely need to start this as soon as I finish the Witcher

Tip: make it a re-listening, for the James Marsters experiences

If it isn't already a priority i'd also recommend the short story compilations, those being Side Jobs and Brief Cases. Some good insight to some side characters and minor background details spread throughout those

My friends and I have loved Dresden since middle school. I’m happy to see you love it as well!

Finaly! So much heartbreak, rip blue beetle, can't wait till you find out who killed Harry, even more heartbreaking

Now just wait till you get to Skin Game. That book made me cry. TWICE! Changes, so far is still my favorite but Skin Game was so close it was tapping Changes on the shoulder.

Dear God just listening to this review takes me back to Changes. I'm so happy this review happened I'm probably going to watch it a couple more times within the next few days. I can legit say this video got me pumping my arms into the air and jumping up and down I'm so excited! This is so good, it feels so good seeing someone go through all the things us Dresden fans have gone through. I legitimately cannot express how happy this review makes me.

We did it! We are here. Finally the review we've all been waiting for. Glad you enjoyed it, and the hype we placed on the book didn't lessen it for you. I'm not surprised you blasted through the last few books, because I did the same in my first reading. I'm looking forward to your reviews of the remaining books.

I had to stop at 7:24 but Daniel man I'm sooo stoked for Changes. I just finished Turn Coat yesterday and may listen to it again until I have enough to get Changes. As a fan of epic fantasy, fantasy, and Sci-fi I am blown away with TDF one of the most fun, most deeply relatable series I've ever experienced. And James Marsters is spectacular! Love your channel and constant content especially during these times.

***SPOILER FOR CHANGES*** Fun note about how Susan comes back with that big news she has. Jim takes on a lot of bets and challenges. It's how Dresden started and why Codex Alera exists. He was challenged once to write a bondage sex scene into a book and have it be plot-relevant. Ergo, the scene in Death Masks. Sorta plot-relevant, right? Now it *definitely* was relevant.... Still maybe mighty clunky, but there's some basis for it now.

I am so glad that I found this!!! I am a huge Dresden fan and so waiting for the next 2!!! I am so excited for this journey that you have started! Will be tuning in.

If you are into Audiobooks I HIGHLY recommend the Dresden Files. James Marsters does an amazing job. After listening to them I can't imagine Harry sounding any different.

Changes kept me up until 4AM when I read it through the first time. I. COULD. NOT. PUT. IT DOWN. A book has never done that to me before.

Knew you'd love it!!!!😊 Seriously, massive props to you for actually being willing to listen to your viewers, and trust us again, and again. It was all about getting you to this point, where the thought of not picking up the next book isn't remotely conceivable. Glad you're fully aboard! Welcome, and enjoy the rest of the series with us!!

I just started binge watching your channel and subbed all because of that interview with Jim Butcher. The Dresden Files are my favorite series and I own a lot of series. Honestly cant wait for your next 3 reviews.

I think the Small Favor-Turn Coat-Changes arc was truly amazing to read and a wonderful way to expand the scope of the series while also paying attention to the core details of how Harry evolves over time. I remember when it came out I was like "oh dear a one word title..."

Your description of the different sized waves is spot on, and part of what makes the Dresden files not only good, but so re-readable (which goes into my personal rating system). I've read a couple of other urban fantasy series recently where this was missing: the individual books really don't stand on their own, because it's all one arc. That creation of cycles within cycles is, indeed, masterful. I think you'll be happy with the rest of the series to date. I'm certainly eagerly awaiting Peace Talks.

I think my favorite moment from the series is when the new Knight of the Cross was revealed.

So glad you are enjoying this Dresden. It has been my favorite series for so long ❤

IT'S ABOUT TIME! I've been waiting for this review. Thank you for everything you do Daniel!

I still this the Gruffs were my favorite B plot in all of the books. Also bake in Death Masks Jim read on Laurel Hamilton's fan pages that no bdsm sex scene has an plot relevance so Jim said hold my beer.

At this point...you should continue kicking yourself for missing this series for so long. Congrats finally getting to where everything Changes.

One of my favorite series. I re-read the entire thing at least every other year, sometimes more often than that I just went back and watched every Dresden review you had, and it's been interesting watching your thoughts change/evolve. I was sorely tempted to try to write on several of the other reviews, but I was unsure how much of what I wanted to say was due to knowledge I had of books you hadn't read yet. Evidently, a lot of it, and you clearly already get what I wanted to say. The climax of this book was astoundingly well done. Those three (four?) sentences broke me, and I had to step away from the book for a few minutes to get my emotions back under control so I could finish the book. Then at the end, my jaw hit the floor. I can't wait to see what you think of the remaining books, and I'm SUPER jealous that you are only going to have to wait a few months to get Peace Talks, where many of us have been waiting years. One more edit: One thing I find really interesting about the writing in Dresden Files, is when you read Butcher's Codex Alera series, and compare those release dates to the Dresden Files release dates. He clearly learned a lot about writing while working that other series, and it greatly benefited the Dresden Files.

As a long time Dresden Files reader watching you go thru this arc of reading the series has been very enjoyable. I am very jealous of you still having a few stories left to read. I happy for all of us that we get 2 Dresden books this year.

You prolly got there already but at the end of ghost story you see a pretty compelling reason he doesn’t want to move in with Thomas :)

Heh, watching your older Dresden reviews. Remember when you thought this series doesn't tend to go super dark? That was fun.

At 7:12 grinning my face off because finally! 😆😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

For some reason it made me happy to see how excited you have become about the Dresden Files. It's probably my favourite series at this point. I can't wait for the upcoming books!

Thanks for the review! I'm definitely going to be reading The Dresden Files in the near future.

Aye, I too was happy to go into the "badlands" with Harry and the gang. Messing with Harry's daughter was an extremely bad idea, lol.

I think part of the point of the reveal is that it DOES come out of nowhere. It hits Harry square in the face and all he can do is go to Mac's and drink. This event is so huge and earth shattering that MAC of all people SPEAKS A WHOLE PARAGRAPH. So I actually think that the twist at the beginning needs to come out of nowhere because it's from Harry's POV

Fun video. I could sit and listen to you talk Dresden all day.

Duuude! I knew you'd come around on this series 😁 my all time favorite

I love seeing your journey through Dreseden Files. And your recanting of past books and the series in whole. Ive gone through the series about 6 times now. Anxiously waiting for Peace Talks

Finally! The man has seen the light!

Finally! Dude i remember first finding your channel and thinking well all these lists he is making aren't going to hold up after he gets to changes..

I'm so happy you're super into Dresden now. I've read through this series three times now...it's weirdly like comfort food, regardless of the dark bits. In the future, if you get a chance to hear them on audiobook, narrated by James Marsters, you're in for a real treat.

Just hearing you gush over my favourite author and favourite series of all time has prompted me to post my very first comment on any youtube video. Also, take my sub! I cant wait to see your reaction through the rest of the series, and hopefully I can find some other great books to read when I go through your older videos.

So happy you finally got there bro!!!

Been waiting for you to get to changes! Seriously the first time I read it I was unable to speak for about 30 to 45 minutes. At that time ghost story wasn't out, and it was only after I confirmed that ghost story was on the way that I was able to calm down. Still my favorite of the Dresden books!

All us Dresden Fans were waiting for this! It's like all the ASoIaF waiting for the TV series to get to The Red Wedding... But now that you've read this it's highly recommended that you read the first shorts collection Side Jobs. The Murphy story in that "Aftermath" is about just that and is great getting her perspective on Harry, esp in that moment.

After White Night I was so excited and wanting you to progress, and holy crap! I didn't think you could catch up so fast. I'm so excited now for Cold Days and Skin Game which are two of my favorite!

you can't forget the short stories! they add views into the supporting characters that is really just extra flavor to this delicious literary meal.

I hope Daniel sees this, I became a follower/fan of you and your reviews from when your review of Cursed the show. And now anything I want to read or get into I check on your reviews. I’ve been a fan of Jim and his books for awhile but your voice resonates with mine so well in this series. Thank you for your time and getting me into WoT. I worked with Josha on a project and was ecstatic when he told me he was cast in the show. Keep making videos. Love them.

Great review! Changes was so epic! No one else I know if reading Dresden files so its nice to hear your thoughts!

This is a review/reaction video I am going to watch and rewatch over and over. Love it and the Dresden Files!

WHOA! I don't know how this popped up in my recommended section but I'm so happy. Changes might be my favorite book I've ever read. Even the title was perfect.

I love your review!! Makes me reminisce when I finished it the first time. I went through the exact same emotional rollercoaster you did. The Dresden Files are a drug that gets you hooked with interesting books at first and then draws you in entirely and by changes there is no f****** way you’d put it down. No way. Dresden is life. Hail the Za Lord!

Holy cow, you hadn't read these? So glad to hear you'll have another in your next top 5 fantasy picks!

queue David Bowie's CH-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-CHANGES!!!!!!

I am so glad you reached changes. I've been waiting for your review and so happy you enjoyed it. Now imagine the rest of us who didnt have ghost story out when it was first published..... this ending broke me.

Dude you thought changes was bonkers, wait till cold days and skin game !!!!! There is a reason why I've stuck with this series since high( totally an accident that I found it) I've preordered peace talks and am already saving up for the next one !!! Thank you Jim. And to all the Dresden heads ""Wile E. Coyote" I said to him soberly . "Suuuuuuper Genius !!!!"

Glad you finally caught up on another good fantasy great, I was wondering about your fantasy ratings before.

I am glad you're finally adding Dresden to your top fantasy list. I have been a fan of this series since 2001 and it doesn't get the love on booktube I think it should.

Spoiler: Spoiler: Spoiler: Harry having a kid is supposed to be abrupt. It mirrors what Harry himself is feeling, though obviously on a different level.

You are in for some awesome surprises as you continue the the series!😊😊😊

So that wave analogy was amazing and I hope you bring it back up for a future book in the series.

People's reactions to Changes are the best! Thanks for sharing!

Another series added to my TBR list now, I have allt he time to read it because schools’s BUT the only problem is AMAZON ISN’T DELIVERING TO MY COUNTRY AND THE BOOK STORES ARE CLOSING DOWN!

There's a certain delightful mixture of satisfaction and shellshock from this one, yeah :P It's a real surprising-yet-inevitable moment, and makes you appreciate the series-wide story arc that just finished a key act.

An excellent book, and a very very satisfying review. I´m glad you loved it as much.

subscribed! I love the content. It is so refreshing to see there are avid readers still out there! On your recommendation alone, I'm going to purchase some butcher books. I made it through a couple of books and thought that is where it was headed. Since I'm not a fan of detectives or shizzy 5' o's I put it down. Evidently, I didn't crack that bottle and let it breathe! You sold me on giving it another try.

I've been enjoying your Dresden Reviews. One of the things I tell people when I first reccomend is: The first three books are a little rough, but the fourth, he hits his stride. At 7 he kicks in Turbo. Around book 10 it goes into overdrive, and then a smugglers turn at Changes. 13 you're coming out of the skid,and for 14 and 15 you're trying to figure out where you're going, but you're loving the ride. But... I wanted to say, I don't know if you'd want to review any of them, but once you're through with Skin Game, read the short stories anthologies

From someone who read the book at the release. The words "Son of a B*****" came out and then the book when flying across the room. Followed by retrieving the book to reread the last couple of chapters to figure out what happened. I didn't really care for Ghost, it was just filler to me. The story picked back up with Cold Days.

Dresden did talk about what it would be like to be a parent a few times in the prior books, mostly when he waxes about his Mom and Brother. Everything Jim does to Harry, he foreshadows. For example, how many times did he tell us how Kincaid would what he did at the end of Changes. I am pretty sure I've figured out who Cowl and Kalmori are thanks to Turn Coat and what Molly said happened to Ana. I even think I know who was with Peabody on the island. The story is amazingly complex and if you don't pay attention to what Harry says, then you might just miss the warnings.

I just found your videos & I'm loving them