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A review by spookfish
Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This book is 90% dialogue, with a rare line I quite liked.
For a books where its three main characters/POVs are women (you can't convince me Geralt is an MC here), it is incredibly sexist. It cannot help itself to reduce women down to appearances and sexual desires. It keeps its men in boxes too.
In terms of the actual story, well, there isn't much of one. Between the very long political conversations amongst background characters we don't need to care about, is a short plot for an opening novel of a series.
I'm not sure if I will bother with the rest, perhaps if I get bored and run out of anything else to read.
For a books where its three main characters/POVs are women (you can't convince me Geralt is an MC here), it is incredibly sexist. It cannot help itself to reduce women down to appearances and sexual desires. It keeps its men in boxes too.
In terms of the actual story, well, there isn't much of one. Between the very long political conversations amongst background characters we don't need to care about, is a short plot for an opening novel of a series.
I'm not sure if I will bother with the rest, perhaps if I get bored and run out of anything else to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation and War
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship