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thenoboshow'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
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
crowcrow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I'd give it a 4.5 but I had enough fun that I'm willing to rate it higher.
Edit: The more I think about this book the angrier I get. Yennefer and Geralt are a dumbass couple and their romance was so rushed, you cannot convince me that they're good together. Just fucking marry Jaskier already, the guy would sacrifice a leg for you.
That aside, book's fun. I like Ciri and her hot grandma.
Graphic: Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Sexism, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Geralt (age unknown) has romantic and implied sexual relations with an 18 year old.lolaslalaland's review against another edition
4.0
Anyways, I was ready to dnf this book but after those first two short stories it picked up and I began enjoying myself again. There was a lot more of Geralt and Dandelion adventuring together. I love their banter and their friendship and I also liked the monsters they were facing. I especially liked the story with Little Eye, she was the best. Of course, the Witcher universe is set in this ugly, disgusting and truly terrible world, but ultimately, as long as Geralt and Dandelion are around I will be happy.
Also, I am so ready to continue the series after how this book ended! It really pumped me up!
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Infertility
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
fiveredhens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
'I know,' the poet said at last. 'Now know everything.'
'You know fuck all, Dandelion.'
'Do you know what your problem is, Geralt? You think you're different. You flaunt your otherness, what you consider abnormal. You aggressively impose that abnormality on others, not understanding that for people who think clear-headedly you're the most normal man under the sun, and they all wish that everybody was so normal. What of it that you have quicker reflexes than most and vertical pupils in sunlight? That you can see in the dark like a cat? That you know a few spells? Big deal.'
'You witchers frighten people like a beekeeper frightens his bees with smoke and stench, with your stony faces, with all your talk and those rumours, which you probably spread about yourselves. And the bees run from the smoke, foolish things, instead of shoving their stings in the witcher's arse, which will swell up like any other. They say you can't feel like people can. That's lies. If one of you was properly stabbed, you'd feel it.'
'Have you finished?'
'Yes,' Cicada said, handing him back his sword. 'Know what interests me, Witcher?'
'Yes. Bees.'
'The annihilation, the killing, of any creatures that inhabit this world upsets that equilibrium. And a lack of equilibrium brings closer extinction; extinction and the end of the world as we know it.'
'A druidic theory,' Geralt pronounced. 'I know it. An old hierophant expounded it to me once, back in Rivia. Two days after our conversation he was torn apart by wererats.'
not too bad
Graphic: Child abuse and Sexism
Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Suicide
Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Vomit