Harry’s Back Like He Never Left: ‘Battle Grounds’ Review

(Sung in the key of Slim Shady) GUESS WHO’S BACK?? BACK AGAIN?!?!? DRESDENS BACK!! TELL A FRIEND!!! GUESS WHO’S BACK !?!?! GUESS WHO’S BACK?!?!?! GUESS WHO’S BACK?!?!?!? GUESS WHO’S BACK??!?!?! THIS WAS THE BOOK I WAS WAITING FOR!!! Listen, I’ve been reading the Dresden Files for 20+ years and this was the book I needed! Imagine your favorite athlete plays a horrible game. No! Imagine your favorite athlete plays horribly in a playoff game. I mean just doesn’t show up at all, 3 points, no rebounds, 2 interceptions, 12 turnovers, you get the idea. But here’s the thing, you know he’s got skills, but he’s not playing the way he normally does, and you’re actually wondering if the moment got him shook. But then next game, he explodes for a triple double! Explodes for 4 touchdowns and 300+ yards! Explodes for 3 homeruns and 4 RBIs. I mean just kills it the next game, Al Bundy Polk High Style, Marshawn Lynch Beast Quake Style, Chef Steph, stopping at midcourt to Shimmy/Shake & Walk Away Style. Staten Island Shaolin Style. Next time I see Jim Butcher, he better brace himself, cause Imma hit him with a chest bump! Butcher comes out lighting it on fire from the moment his feet touches the court/field/diamond/insert metaphor here. We’ve seen those games where a player’s teammates give him chest bump after chest bump and you as a fan breathe a sigh of relief because you now know that first game was an anomaly. You hoped it was, but you weren’t sure until you saw your favorite player w…