Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

4 reviews

lqne's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Alcohol, War, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Abortion, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, and Blood

madziorinio's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, Body horror, Blood, and Rape

Minor: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Kidnapping

rachaelbunny's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide, Body shaming, Incest, and Infidelity

purelytheoretical's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I love Regis. I love Cahir. I love Ciri. I love Zoltan and Dandelion and Milva and of course Geralt. Mistle raped Ciri in the last book so I still don't know what Sapkowski's playing at making that a cute romance in this book, but I don't love it. Here's hoping the Netflix show gives Ciri the kind of badass girlfriend she deserves.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Addiction

The miscarriage is a moderately explicit scene towards the end of the book, but we are with the miscarrying woman for only a moment before Geralt goes off to fight some baddies to keep her safe while the doctor helps her off-page. The addiction is merely backstory for a secondary character in this book. The character is a recovered addict and very stable.