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A review by vimcenzo
Ostatnie życzenie by Andrzej Sapkowski
4.0
I read this a few summers ago. I've played the first game, I watched the first season of the Netflix series, and to be completely honest, this is the best expression of all those stories to date, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Those do spoil you a bit, however, in having you think there will be more Polish or Slavic mythos represented (though this is not a flaw I am counting against the book.)
If you read this in Polish as a bilingual, fair warning: It is fairly difficult and you will need Google Translate here and there. It is my first language and I consider myself fluent (though I am more fluent in English at this point) but it's likely that the time this was written combined with some medieval concepts make this a bit more difficult to read.
The short stories are very memorable and charming. They have the style of Grimm's fairy tales, where the characters, though fantastical, have very dark origins or motivations. This is just a matter of taste, but with the characters consistently appearing and reappearing (especially the ever-charming Jaskier/Dandelion) I would prefer to read a more developed Sword & Sorcery drama like Game of Thrones or Wheel of Time in this setting. I'm assured the series does become that eventually, but these short series in the meantime just feel like a lot of preamble to let us know the modus operandi of Geralt of Rivia.
If you read this in Polish as a bilingual, fair warning: It is fairly difficult and you will need Google Translate here and there. It is my first language and I consider myself fluent (though I am more fluent in English at this point) but it's likely that the time this was written combined with some medieval concepts make this a bit more difficult to read.
The short stories are very memorable and charming. They have the style of Grimm's fairy tales, where the characters, though fantastical, have very dark origins or motivations. This is just a matter of taste, but with the characters consistently appearing and reappearing (especially the ever-charming Jaskier/Dandelion) I would prefer to read a more developed Sword & Sorcery drama like Game of Thrones or Wheel of Time in this setting. I'm assured the series does become that eventually, but these short series in the meantime just feel like a lot of preamble to let us know the modus operandi of Geralt of Rivia.