5.73k reviews for:

Il sangue degli elfi

Andrzej Sapkowski

3.89 AVERAGE

mr_engineer's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I found this a little difficult to get into. I was already invested in the characters from the games, so maybe the translation just kept me at arms length from really connecting to the world and characters. 

sherbet87's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

carollis's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional 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

acanni16's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging 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: No

stoyanman's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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: No

ahinson79's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

jennkater's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

athenaq's review against another edition

3.0

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Had it not been for an amazing narrator, I might have given up on this one (just as I almost did on its predecessor).

kaytia17's review against another edition

4.0

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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

jtobin's review against another edition

2.0

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The author is very clearly having trouble transitioning from short stories to an actual novel, which is clear from the loosely-connected vignette structure of this book. He is also still bad at writing women, the main character is still bland and boring, but there’s hints here of more interesting material.

How can individuals live moral lives when inside rotten institutions without hope for systemic change? How do colonized peoples survive in complex international situations? Maybe the sequels continue to focus more on these questions and less on the edgelord garbage and barstool humor, but it’d take a good bit of change to make this recommendable.