Pros & Cons
Pros
The first couple of volumes introduce the main cast of characters, and each section is its own self contained tale. By the third and forth volumes the elements of this very complex world begin to coalesce. Everything comes together in this last novel,... Read More
The author isn't confined to one form of storytelling. It goes dark, mystical and grim, but also hopeful and magical. Moves around in time like a merry-go-round, forward & back.
The lady of the lake is chronologically last in the witcher books. As ciri jumps from one world to another, sapkowski does an excellent job of entangling the witcher's world with earth's history and fairy tales. While the previous books were all about... Read More
Cons
The witcher series is at best uneven. You're stuck watching a bunch of characters you have no interest in or attachment to plod through some plotline that has nothing to do with geralt, ciri, dandelion, or the rest of the crew. The tough take no-nonse... Read More
This book rambles on. However, the majority of this tale returns to politics and * deals.
Highlights
Quality
Perhaps only a writer living in eastern europe poland since 1948 could adequately convey the cost of war in devastation persona... Read More
Price
Andrzej sapkowski is at his best in this book
Shipping
The quality was as described and the shipping fast
Packaging/appearance
Must be fleet of mind to sty in the saddle
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While labeled as a novel this feels at times closer to the short story collections
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Seems to me that too many authors these days just dont know when or how to wrap up a story line
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A few details didn’t add up or make sense internally imho
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I already read season of storms and it didn’t help with any closure or improve the ending of the witcher tale
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I believe the author began only intending to write a series of short stories
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After reaching the end of jarres story as an idealistic army volunteer try looking up stories told by former mercenaries who operated in ukraine
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Maybe youll even find articles from 2014 about a group of american investors headed by joe biden buying up crimean oil rights which had just been nationalized and offered for sale by the newly installed ukrainian government triggering crimeas secession from ukraine
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Must be fleet of mind to sty in the saddle