thewillowwood's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Xenophobia, Classism, Sexism, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and War
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
Spoiler
there are brief mentions of Geralt being mistaken as being in a sexual relationship with Ciri (who is 13), but it does not true nor is it endorsedmoongoblin38's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
For a books where its three main characters/POVs are women (you can't convince me Geralt is an MC here), it is incredibly sexist. It cannot help itself to reduce women down to appearances and sexual desires. It keeps its men in boxes too.
In terms of the actual story, well, there isn't much of one. Between the very long political conversations amongst background characters we don't need to care about, is a short plot for an opening novel of a series.
I'm not sure if I will bother with the rest, perhaps if I get bored and run out of anything else to read.
Graphic: War and Colonisation
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
shiveryteacup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: War, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury
valkyri_anna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: War
Moderate: Gore and Violence
khymihr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: War and Violence
Minor: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
opinkb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, and War
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Death of parent
shadowcay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Misogyny and War
Minor: Body shaming and Colonisation
belladonnashrike's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
I loved that ciri & yen’s relationship was one of the focuses - I love them so much and I am glad to see a better relationship between them than what’s depicted in the show. I also enjoyed the political aspect of this book and it cleared up a lot of the politics that I was not entirely understanding from the netflix series. I do wish there was a map, though. it should be illegal for fantasy novels and series to not include a map!! idk where these places are!
Spoiler
I am APPALLED that tissaia demanded that all magicians be STERILIZED… when I watched the show I honestly just thought the transformation was so brutal it completely obliterated everyone’s reproductive organs or their hormones… I had no idea it was by design. this was such a small part of the book but I am STILL thinking about it.what bugs me about the writing though is the emphasis on dialogue and not what is happening to the characters in their environment. oftentimes during a mini-monologue something happens between the speaker and another character or something changes in the environment that is never alluded to outside of the quotes. it’s slightly jarring at times. I have to really think sometimes about what exactly just happened because so many physical aspects and actions are just completely ignored, for whatever reason. if that weren’t the case I probably would’ve rated this five stars. I love the story & characters so much that my bias is definitellyyyy affecting the rating. but who cares I enjoyed myself
Graphic: War, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death
Minor: Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, War, and Violence
Moderate: Torture, Misogyny, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Death of parent, Rape, and Toxic relationship
marissab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Torture, War, Death, Violence, Colonisation, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual content, Cursing, and Grief