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Baptism of Fire

Andrzej Sapkowski

4.07 AVERAGE


Una maravillosa continuación de las aventuras de Geralt, Ciri y Yennefer. El libro es casi tan perfecto como el anterior a excepción de una pequeña parte que no se sabe de donde sale y que, a parte de soltar spoilers de futuras cosas no relatadas en el libro, te saca de repente de la narración.
Por lo demás, imprescindible.
medium-paced
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The Witcher books are strangely good at very specific things that you don't really think about in other books. In this one, for example, there is a chapter where a bunch of the characters get drunk. And I realized while reading it that it really was quite a believable portrayal of actual drunkenness, which isn't something you see a lot. Books talk about it, but don't show the meandering dialogue of it. It was a fun one.

That aside, in this book things are starting to point toward events that connect up to the bits of Witcher canon that I recognize from having played The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (and not its predecessors, an uncharacteristic turn of events for me to have jumped ahead). Again, the Witcher books lean on dialogue where most other fantasy would have instead used prose, and it makes them feel very different.

From my prior information, I did have knowledge about Regis (
him being a vampire and all
) as soon as we encountered him, though for the characters that reveal came much later. At first, Milva's willingness to help Geralt seemed strange. But now that I've reached the end of the story, I understand why she did it.

At the end, the turnaround where
Geralt officially becomes Geralt of Rivia is quite delightful
. And it was interesting to see that link up with the Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales game as well (which I have not actually yet finished).

Overall I enjoy the Witcher books and will keep going. They don't blow me away, but they are also fascinating in a weird kind of way.

This one was my fav in the series so far. I love Geralt and his freaky friend group, they're so funny
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4.5
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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
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

First book in the series where I couldn’t put it down and was desperate to know what happens. Rest were good but this one grabbed me. 
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Druga po Mieczu przeznaczenia ❤️‍🔥
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated