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A review by miclikesbooks
Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
See my video review here: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7TrG5e/
Of The Witcher books I've read so far, this is the best one.
Finally, we set off on our epic quest! It only took 2 full novels until we could get the ball rollin'. This book focuses primarily on Geralt as he searches for Ciri after the events of Time of Contempt. Throughout his journey, he is joined by various characters that make a sort of dysfunctional fellowship that has no idea where they are headed, no idea how to work as a team, and no idea what will be coming next.
I love it.
The new characters are REALLY likeable. There's Milva, the badass archer who is more at home amongst trees than people. There's Regis, a barber surgeon whose intellectual pontification plays well with the rest of the party's working-class style
One of my favorite things Sapkowski does is he introduces these little frame stories throughout, and rarely picks back up on them. There's one point where it's an actual storyteller, telling the story to a group of kids. There are a few where it's a character being questioned and it moves back and forth between their answers and the actual events, and sometimes it's framed as dreams.
It's fun, adventurous, dark, clever, and I can't wait to read the next one. 5/5 stars for me.