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camoo3032's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
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? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, and Death
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Excrement, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Abortion, Colonisation, Vomit, Biphobia, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Suicide
spaghettibooplesnoot's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is a review of the audiobooks narrated by Peter Kenny. Kenny has a great voice for this and does a fantastic job of giving everyone's voice a distinct sound making it easier to know who's talking even when a lot of new characters get added at once. Geralt has a british accent like everyone else and not an american one which is a nice change from the tv series and games. the elves and nilfgaard are the only people without british accent which I found a little uncomftable but don't know the reasons for making this choice.
This book fully embodies and made me realise why I love witcher so much. it's not about kings and queens it's about middle people not quite peasants and not quite nobles which is something pretty special for fantasy like this. it also meanders and doesn't have conventional beginnings, middles and end; it feels more like an epic poem long and meandering where the story teller decides to go off on long tangents for no reason other than them feeling like it. This format really suits an audiobook and Peter Kenny has a great voice for it that's both soothing but not droney, like some fantasy narrators can be.
This book takes place in the middle of a missive war. it doesn't shy away or glorify the nasty bits of it and i have done my best to add cw for everything. There is a lot of sexual violence towards women but never from any of the main charecturs and is always portraid as wrong and discustring. there are some other cw there weren't tags for so I added them in at the bottom but they do give spoilers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Torture, Sexual violence, and Gore
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, and Slavery
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