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Baptism of Fire

Andrzej Sapkowski

4.07 AVERAGE

noxfleurette's review

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

kirstyhkclarke06's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It was good. Getting a little tired of how in every book they are always fighting nilfgaard, and this one they were fighting at least three different groups so the whole book was basically all about war. And at the start geralt said he needed to get to ciri yet by the end of the book he still hasn’t gotten anywhere near ciri especially since he now doesn’t actually know where she is. Would have also liked to hear from yennefef a bit more. However, I did like how at the end geralt explained his name and that he wasn’t actually from rivia, and then gets knighted properly do now have the title of geralt of rivia

kokotnak82's review against another edition

5.0

9.88

etien_van's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny 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: Complicated

mijostumpfy20's review against another edition

2.0

It is clunky, but damn if Dean wasn’t right about it being pretty fun. Join Geralt of Rivia, monster slayer for hire, as he and his merry band of comrades: Dandelion the bard, Milva the badass pregnant archer (damn you Sapkowski for making the first of age person that can conceive be pregnant, you tropey SOB), a bunch of fun dwarves like Zoltan Chivay, a savvy vampire barber-surgeon, and a guy you hate with a cool hat, on a cool road trip through the sights and sounds of the Continent! Visit lovely ransacked villages, and stinking underbrush! Make a campfire with your buddies and talk for literally hours about if vampires CAN drink human blood, WILL they? And also be prepared for some pretty length asides about the creation of the Lodge and bisexual queen Cirilla being taken advantage of and falling in love with her one true love: gruesome murder.

You know, the one really truly fun thing about these books is that no matter what happens, I do recognize my Gwent cards just a little better with each one I read. ;)

rose_al's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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: N/A

mimyo's review against another edition

2.0

Overall much slower and with a lot less happening than the other books. I did enjoy it, especially since Milva made for a more interesting female character than all the boobs and nipples of the previous volumes combined, but all but the last chapter were rather too slow for my liking. The last chapter was honestly a lot and very entertaining but overall the book just feels like empty filler content.