A review by krichardson
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

3.0

I added this book because I watched the first season of the Netflix show and enjoyed it, but it just wasn't as good as the show. The characters are more likable in the show, and they took out some of the weird messages in this book. Lots of reviews mention the consent issues, but it is also strangely pro-colonization at one point. The world building seems interesting, but we don't ever really get into it and Geralt's backstory comes as one boring, mansplain-y info dump. The short story format was a little easier to follow than the show, but I'm still a little unclear on why some of them mattered. I'm vaguely curious if the later books go deeper into the world building, but I probably won't borrow them because I am not really interested in this version of the characters or having a good time with all the sexism.