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skylacine 's review for:
The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher
by Andrzej Sapkowski
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