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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
A fun and lighthearted read. I like how the author drew inspiration from fairytales while still making the story feel original. I enjoyed this but it didn’t blow me away.
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-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:
Yes
Excellent book, really enjoyed it, it is more detailed and thorough than the TV show.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It just wasn't that good. Honestly makes me want to revisit my ratings for the other Witcher books, but this one suffered from a lack of overarching plot. And I've never seen so much "male gaze" in a book before, I did not like Geralt's "first monster" background and Yennefer's introduction was also underwhelming for that reason.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was just kinda frustrating to read because I loved parts of this book, but I disliked others.
I thought the concepts this book introduced are pretty dang great and I also quite liked a few of the characters and some of the short stories. But then there's also some of the stories where I just genuinely didn't care or just didn't like them. I didn't like the Yennefer story. I didn't care for the Cintra story.
Also yeah I've seen others bring this up but I have to as well: This book does have a sexism problem. From the descriptions the author uses for some female characters to the fact that it handles one scene where a woman gets saved from rape quite poorly.
I don't know if I'll keep reading this series. On the one hand I'm curious to see what'll happen next, but on the other I think I don't care enough to keep going.
Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2025/08/book-review-last-wish-by-andrzej.html
I thought the concepts this book introduced are pretty dang great and I also quite liked a few of the characters and some of the short stories. But then there's also some of the stories where I just genuinely didn't care or just didn't like them. I didn't like the Yennefer story. I didn't care for the Cintra story.
Also yeah I've seen others bring this up but I have to as well: This book does have a sexism problem. From the descriptions the author uses for some female characters to the fact that it handles one scene where a woman gets saved from rape quite poorly.
I don't know if I'll keep reading this series. On the one hand I'm curious to see what'll happen next, but on the other I think I don't care enough to keep going.
Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2025/08/book-review-last-wish-by-andrzej.html
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Rape, Sexism