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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
These are very addictive.
I have to shamefully admit, for the longest time I somehow thought these were books written as companions for the games and not the other way around, which is why I avoided them.
Now that I know better, I am fully open to ingesting the entire series.
Having seen the first season of the Netflix show before starting the books (again because I didn't really know what they were), I struggled a little bit at first with some of the very memorable aspects of the show being less dominant in the books. Somehow the book seemed a little tame in comparison, less sweary, less bloody, less funny too. This I got used to. Also the humor just seems to have a slow start and is very much present in the second half of the book and (from what I can see so far) in Sword of Destiny.
As soon as I was nearing the end of the book I was panicking because the next one hadn't arrived yet. So even though at times the first book still seems a little clumsy, it had me hooked straight away. It's not a chore at all. It is, even at it's flattest bits, a very good High Fantasy read. At it's best parts it's actually fantastic.
It has to be said of course, that these are short stories (covering mostly season 1 of the show minus the Ciri bits, which is for the most part establisher), and the full story is yet to come.
Kudos also to the translation, because I mostly forgot it wasn't originally English.
Compared to A Song of Ice and Fire the term "lack of substance" comes to mind, but I have a suspicion that will change before the end of the series. The second book already seems a lot more solid.
I have to shamefully admit, for the longest time I somehow thought these were books written as companions for the games and not the other way around, which is why I avoided them.
Now that I know better, I am fully open to ingesting the entire series.
Having seen the first season of the Netflix show before starting the books (again because I didn't really know what they were), I struggled a little bit at first with some of the very memorable aspects of the show being less dominant in the books. Somehow the book seemed a little tame in comparison, less sweary, less bloody, less funny too. This I got used to. Also the humor just seems to have a slow start and is very much present in the second half of the book and (from what I can see so far) in Sword of Destiny.
As soon as I was nearing the end of the book I was panicking because the next one hadn't arrived yet. So even though at times the first book still seems a little clumsy, it had me hooked straight away. It's not a chore at all. It is, even at it's flattest bits, a very good High Fantasy read. At it's best parts it's actually fantastic.
It has to be said of course, that these are short stories (covering mostly season 1 of the show minus the Ciri bits, which is for the most part establisher), and the full story is yet to come.
Kudos also to the translation, because I mostly forgot it wasn't originally English.
Compared to A Song of Ice and Fire the term "lack of substance" comes to mind, but I have a suspicion that will change before the end of the series. The second book already seems a lot more solid.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Surprisingly good for a story about a man with a golden dick. Geralt as a character developed surprisingly well through out the story, it's just a shame that the other characters felt a little lacking in comparison. I'm hoping that they are further developed in subsequent books.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced