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4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
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
adventurous
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emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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mysterious
reflective
tense
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Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
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Complicated
I think I have this figured out. The problem I have with these books is that they don't have a contained story arch. Once you get into the series, there isn't a big climactic moment at the end of each books, there aren't beginnings either. It feels like there isn't a new objective within the larger story of the series, sure we make progress in the narrative, but it isn't satisfying. Book 3 just stops and book 4 picks up where it left off with very little preamble. Like, this is a story that I won't fully appreciate until I get to the end of the series. In fact, I'm not sure if I will appreciate it then. I think I would have to re-read the series, knowing the end, to appreciate the details of how we get there. I'm really hoping that the last book in the series will wrap things up with a bang because I REALLY want to love these books more than I do.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
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Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Idk what crack I smoked in 2016 thinking this was a disappointment. Geralt passes Ciri the torch, and it's all the better for it. With her dark deeds yielding dark delights as she must reconcile what she's done and what she needs to do; grappling with internal and external conflict greater than Geralt has had to so far. But Sapkowski manages to weave threads of hope that don't undermine what is a harrowing tale
EDIT: I will caveat that this feels like the weakest translation of the bunch, with clumsy sentences and entire recurring characters not getting description. If you can push through that, you get one of the best Witcher books of the bunch
EDIT: I will caveat that this feels like the weakest translation of the bunch, with clumsy sentences and entire recurring characters not getting description. If you can push through that, you get one of the best Witcher books of the bunch
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment