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idajoh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The story is mainly told through dialogue which makes it a pretty quick and easy read. The action sequences, although few, are also very good at creating suspense while being believable. I will admig that I was a bit confused throughout most of them, but I just chalked it up to me being tired while I read most of the book.
The major downfall of this book is the extreme misoginy. No women in this book, except maybe Nenneke, is seen as something other than a sex object by all the characters. That includes Geralt. It was extremely off-putting and I'm glad that aspect was toned down in the TV series. At least Yennefer in the TV series had other redeeming qualities except her want of a child.
Graphic: Misogyny, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Murder, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Infertility
ravenreader's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Misogyny, Fatphobia, and Body shaming
hannah_krantz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual assault
indianagranger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Xenophobia, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, Infertility, Incest, and Death
Minor: Colonisation and Pregnancy
angelica02's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Sexism, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual content
mirandanoel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, and Misogyny
Minor: Incest
mandaoof's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Abortion
asami_kukomi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
One thing I found really cool about this book was that it contained elements of fairy tales. Some of the stories were like dark retellings of fairy tales set in the Witcher universe. Beauty and the Beast and Snow White were the two prevalent stories with mentions of other fairytale characters such as Rumpelstiltskin, and Rapunzel like 'monster' princesses who are locked up in towers because they're believed to herald the end of the world.
Overall a decent read, Geralt was definitely more talkative in the books than he is in the show. There's also a lot of nudity in the books, breasts are mentioned quite a few times, so the amount of nudity in the show makes sense, it's canon.
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content
carwenat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
katmahalia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
My only gripe: the love interests are not interesting or lovely, mostly just annoying.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Trafficking, Xenophobia, and Ableism
Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and War