excepto's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Czuję, że im bardziej czytam tym bardziej wiem czemu mi nie leży adaptacja serialowa, wiedźmin to w małym stopniu historia o zabijaczu potworów, bardziej o politycznych intrygach, na szczeblu głów państw, jak i drobnych rzezimieszków. Najgorszymi potworami stałe są ludzie, którzy nie powstrzymują się przed niczym.
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Child abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, War, and Xenophobia
camoo3032's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
It's also the most gruesome novel in the series
Graphic: Death, Rape, Pedophilia, Torture, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Ableism, Drug use, and Homophobia
Minor: Confinement, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexism, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Vomit, War, Child death, Classism, Transphobia, Biphobia, Excrement, Miscarriage, Grief, Pregnancy, Abortion, Abandonment, and Sexual content
upthestairs'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
3.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual assault, Classism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Animal death
Minor: Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Infidelity
fiveredhens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
'It's revolting! Revolting and sinful, Mr Houvenaghel, to be utilising a building which was once a place of worship for such an immoral, inhuman and disgusting practice! Animals also feel, Mr Houvenaghel! They also have their dignity! It's a crime to set animal against animal for the amusement of the common folk in the name of profit!'
'Calm yourself, you pious fellow! And don't meddle in my private enterprise! In any case, no animal shall be baited today. Not a single one! Exclusively people!'
'Oh. Then I do beg your pardon.'
Your vision is a world where people are afraid to venture out after dark; not for fear of cut-throats, but off the guardians of public order. For, after all, the result of all great crackdowns on miscreants is always that the miscreants enter the ranks of the guardians of public order en masse.
'What do you think ought to add to the painting?'
'Draw huge, erect phalluses on the primitive hunters.'
'Will I get Ciri back?'
The answer was immediate.
'You will. Only to lose her at once. And to be clear: forever; irrevocably. Before it comes to that, you will lose everybody who accompanies you. You will lose one of your companions in the next few weeks, perhaps even days. Perhaps even hours.'
'Thank you.'
'I haven't finished yet. The direct effect of your interference in the grinding querns of the Purpose and the Plan will be the death of tens of thousands of people. Which, as a matter of fact, doesn't matter much, since soon after, tens of millions of people will lose their lives. The world as you know it will simply vanish, cease to exist, in order – after a suitable time has passed – to revive in a totally different form. But in fact no one has, nor will have, any influence on it, no one is capable of preventing it nor staving off the course of events. Not you, not l, not sorcerers nor Sages. Not even Ciri. What do you say to that?'
'Purple bison.'
felt like it was kinda misery porn
Graphic: Blood, Death, Excrement, Gore, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Drug use, Lesbophobia, and Pedophilia
Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, and Vomit
chronographia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I find it interesting that the author starts using different cadencing and storytelling frameworks to set the various storylines apart. This is useful up to a point, but you are also likely to want a flowchart of characters and events. It’s repeatedly emphasized that this is all running to a particular schedule, with significant dates to mark the pace. Even though the storylines are broadly independent in their flow, still their actions (and inactions) have effects that ripple throughout. It can be tricky to see how they all sync up together, but the author indicates that this is important, so maybe take some notes.
PS: Cahir is unexpectedly growing on me.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, and Xenophobia
rachaelbunny's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Slavery, Sexism, Sexual assault, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Misogyny
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Torture, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Rape
Minor: Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia
purelytheoretical's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
There were some fun or interesting moments, for sure, but overall I would not say I had a good time with this book and I can see very clearly now why I never ended up finishing this book the first time around. HIGHLY recommend the audiobook for this one rather than trying to trudge through reading it yourself.
Moderate: Rape and Sexism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia
rape and sexual violence of all sorts is sort of peppered into probably almost every chapter as a way to make the world seem gritty. it isn't described in detail, and I don't believe anyone is actually raped within the text, but it is mentioned often enough that I upgraded it from minor to moderate. the same goes for sexism. both within the world, and a bit within the author's way of describing his female characters. it's not the worst, but it's not great. the adult/minor relationship is very very brief, pretty much doesn't happen at all, but is fairly graphic and we're in the minor's head as she considers entering into it. the pedophilia is slightly less brief but is purely the ramblings of one gross character, and everyone around her finds her "interests" pretty disgusting.