Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

24 reviews

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Jotkin arvioijat ovat nostaneet esille sen, että Sapkowskin tekstistä paistaa läpi seksistisiä asenteita. No, koska kirja alkaa seksikohtauksella, jossa toinen osapuoli on ilmeisesti melko nuori, en yhtään ihmettele mistä nämä mielipiteet kumpuavat. Mielestäni naishahmojen nuoruus on jopa silmiinpistävää, ja heihin viitataan usein sanalla “tyttö”, eikä nainen. Kirjan hirviöt ovat lähes poikkeuksetta naispuolisia. Ja jos kirjan naishahmot pelastetaan hirviön kynsistä, heidän odotetaan osoittavan asiaankuuluvaa kiitollisuutta.

Kirjan rakenne on melkoisen sekava. Viimeinen toivomus koostuu useasta Noituri-tarinasta. Sen sijaan että ne olisi esitetty kokonaisena ja peräkkäin, ne on pilkottu toistensa lomaan kummallisena sillisalaattina. Tämä ehkä toimii sarjassa, mutta kirjassa lukijan täytyy olla todella hereillä.

Sapkowski lainailee elementtejä kansantaruista ja saduista. Tämä tuntuu hieman jopa laiskalta, sillä odotin, että kirjassa olisi enemmän keskitytty hirviöihin ja ylipäätänsäkin toimintaan. Sen sijaan Viimeinen toivomus on erittäin dialogipainotteinen. Voitaisiin jopa sanoa, että kirja on monologipainotteinen. Äänikirjaformaatissa se jollain tasolla toimii, koska mitä muutakaan äänikirja on, kun jonkun tyypin kertoman tarinan kuuntelemista. Yleisesti ottaen pidän silti enemmän siitä, että dialogi, toiminta ja kuvailu on enemmän tasapainossa. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

blandrew's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing and Death

divinereader's review against another edition

Disgusted by the author's misogyny and constant SA references, just wasn't that good either

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.5

Odličan početak sage i jedna od boljih fantazija napisana u zadnjih nekoliko godina

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

petty_anthropology's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Incest, Rape, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

grayreadsmanga's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Body horror and Vomit

fantasy discrimination

thunderstrikes's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Incest, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ori0nn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

passchendaele's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Witcher is like Shrek-adjacent. The show is… kind of awful, and it's so nice to read the stories and see the original inspiration that wasn't in The Wild Hunt. The show deprives its audiences of all the humour and wit of the books - Geralt is funny, he talks a lot - he talks to himself and his horse. He isn't always sour and angry. He's tender for Yen and they have a very singular relationship.


What to even say. I hate reviewing books. AAAAHHHH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gore and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

rsouders's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility