I thought that the characters in Alera weren't nearly as well imagined or described as those in Dresden. I only really got to understand Tavi, Fade, Fidelias and Varg. Maybe to a small extent Kitai, Sextus, Invidia and Odiana. But Amara, Bernard, Isana, and a bunch of other fairly important characters, more central to events than some of those listed above, were almost complete ciphers to me.
On the other hand, consider the first 3000 pages of Dresden, which is something like the first 8-10 books. I feel like I've got a fairly good handle on Dresden, Karrin, Bob, Susan, Thomas, Michael, Molly, Father Forthill, Marcone, Hendricks, The Leanansidhe, Ebanezar, Ivy and Kincaid. On top of that, Sanya, Lara, Justine, Mortimer and Toot-Toot are also pretty well-rounded. And there are a lot of other memorable characters in there too, like Butters, Ms. Gard, Injun Joe, Queen Mab, The Erlking, Anastasia and The Merlin.
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Date: 2012-04-09 12:51 am (UTC)On the other hand, consider the first 3000 pages of Dresden, which is something like the first 8-10 books. I feel like I've got a fairly good handle on Dresden, Karrin, Bob, Susan, Thomas, Michael, Molly, Father Forthill, Marcone, Hendricks, The Leanansidhe, Ebanezar, Ivy and Kincaid. On top of that, Sanya, Lara, Justine, Mortimer and Toot-Toot are also pretty well-rounded. And there are a lot of other memorable characters in there too, like Butters, Ms. Gard, Injun Joe, Queen Mab, The Erlking, Anastasia and The Merlin.