Pros & Cons
Pros
It’s just more fleshed out.
Geralt of rivia is a monster hunter earning his living by taking care of problems that plague the people.
The dialogue in the novels can be truly captivating. It is sometimes difficult to keep minor characters straight since there are sometimes many in a scene, but what a great reason to reread parts! The only downside to it is that i think it was a littl... Read More
Cons
Book is a blatant cash grab and running on the hype of the netflix show to come. Do yourselves a favour, stick with the show and skip the book(s) the characters have no depth to them. Hopefully the other versions, and sequel novels aren't like this.
There are a few points of misogyny in the book that are quite jarring. When the narration itself points out that a teenage girl is ugly for no real reason, that is just bad writing in addition to being misogynist. It reads like an adolescent boy's fan... Read More
Highlights
Quality
I think if you start reading this knowing what youre getting into you wont be disappointed by the repetition if youve seen the show
It is a much needed respite from daily life into the terror excitement trepidation and hope where life meets fate and where you... Read More
With the exception of the djinn and yen the stories are the side quests
Packaging/appearance
The short stories collected into the last wish were my favorite out of all of the storiesbooks
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
What threw me was how episodic and relatively disjointed it all is
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A lot of other issues could be because this is a translation
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The language seemed a little weird and there is some headhopping that can be confusing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But i feel like since it is praised by many some epic plot will unfold itself in the later books
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The stories aren’t in a straight line
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Warning first i read it in polish
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In english it does lose something hence a lost star