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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, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
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: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Kidnapping
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism
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: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury
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: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Vomit, and Abandonment
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: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Vomit
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, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Medical content, and Grief
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.