![]() ![]() There is also not much world building here. But, I think Geralt’s character fell flat to me. In other words, an introduction to Geralt as a character as well as the world building for the main series later on. This book is, as the cover reveals, an “introduction” to the witcher. We followed Geralt, a witcher, who was trained to hunt monsters for a living throughout the book. This is not the only problem I feel in this book. ![]() I think the translation created some problems here as I felt that the sentences and language to be not engaging to the audience at all. I understand that this series was published in Polish and translated into English. I picked up this book with high expectations as there will be a TV series by Netflix based on this fantasy series (which was also highly recommended by other book reviewers). Note that, while The Last Wish was published after The Sword of Destiny, the stories contained in The Last Wish take place first chronologically, and many of the individual stories were published before The Sword of Destiny. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good… and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.Ī collection of short stories introducing Geralt of Rivia, to be followed by the first novel in the actual series, The Blood of Elves. His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world. ![]()
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