Reviews

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

storygirl1128's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

nclarke84's review against another edition

2.0

A snail paced plot and incessant, unnecessary dialogue between characters major and minor really let this entry into the Witcher series down.

Technically the ‘first’ book in the series, I was surprised at the choices made to brush over the war between Nilfgaard and the Northern kingdoms and snub the reader from experiencing some epic high fantasy adventure battles, but then have characters talk about it throughout most of the book. The reader is ultimately not able to relate or empathise with the characters as deeply as if we had lived through the events too. It feels like I missed out an entire book in which depicted the war in all its glory (and I read the two short story entries).

I really hope the next book doesn’t disappoint as much but judging from the Goodreads reviews I have seen so far, I think at this stage it could be down to bad translations into English.

ewans's review against another edition

Thoroughly enjoyable stuff! Looking forward to seeing where this saga goes.

fvgb40's review against another edition

adventurous reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

m1nature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

matkostark's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

gilgulita's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

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

lunaticslament's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

krys07's review against another edition

3.0

Este libro es lento, pero entretenido a la misma vez. Te habla de la política, del mundo, del pasado y el presente, pero sin tanta acción, si no más charla. Creo que este libro sirvió para que entendieras y supieras más de los protagonistas ya que las primeras historias eran solo de Geralt pero aquí te cuentan sobre más personajes, de su punto de vista y por esto fue que me gustó más, aunque no resolvió ningún punto del que comentaban desde el principio del libro.

mercury0silver's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0