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A review by heddas_bookgems
Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
4.0
“Save us, O Gods,’ the troubadour laughed. ‘He, Poppet, has no voice or ear, and can only rhyme “rear” with “beer”. This is Geralt of Rivia, a member of the guild of witchers.”
Sword of Destiny is the second novella in The Witcher Series and contains just as The Last Wish a collection of short stories.
Beginning of this year I read my first Witcher book, The Last Wish. Although I already knew quite something about the world, reading the books was new to me. And, surprise, I liked it a lot. Because of this, I was really looking forward to continuing this series.
While I liked this book a lot, I do need to address a topic, that I briefly discussed in my previous review, a bit further. The Witcher is clearly written by a man as it represents quite a classic example of the male gaze. Every woman in this book is rather objectified. To a point that I realized the behavior of the females characters irritated me.
Withstanding this, The Witcher is a wonderful epic fantasy. Figure this, a book with strong problematic representation still survives, must mean it’s quite good. And it is. The characters are funny, especially my favorite character the bard Dandelion and my treasure, a small innocent and quite the brat, Ciri. The stories are witty, political, romantic and adventurous and thankfully chronological, instead of Last Wish. And the monsters and creatures are so diverse that it keeps you on the edge of your seat.
So it’s no surprise that this book is rather popular. As, well, who doesn’t like this world or a cat eyed, husky voiced man with a heart of gold and swords.
Sword of Destiny is the second novella in The Witcher Series and contains just as The Last Wish a collection of short stories.
Beginning of this year I read my first Witcher book, The Last Wish. Although I already knew quite something about the world, reading the books was new to me. And, surprise, I liked it a lot. Because of this, I was really looking forward to continuing this series.
While I liked this book a lot, I do need to address a topic, that I briefly discussed in my previous review, a bit further. The Witcher is clearly written by a man as it represents quite a classic example of the male gaze. Every woman in this book is rather objectified. To a point that I realized the behavior of the females characters irritated me.
Withstanding this, The Witcher is a wonderful epic fantasy. Figure this, a book with strong problematic representation still survives, must mean it’s quite good. And it is. The characters are funny, especially my favorite character the bard Dandelion and my treasure, a small innocent and quite the brat, Ciri. The stories are witty, political, romantic and adventurous and thankfully chronological, instead of Last Wish. And the monsters and creatures are so diverse that it keeps you on the edge of your seat.
So it’s no surprise that this book is rather popular. As, well, who doesn’t like this world or a cat eyed, husky voiced man with a heart of gold and swords.