Jone

One of my favorite fantasy series <3 emotional, insightful, philosophical

Loved the addition of the other points of view, trully highlighted political, emotional confusion and struggles! However, I found Lyria's pov very repetitive and annoying.??

I find it difficult to believe that over and over again 20 year old somethings keep overpowering the older, more experienced commanders. Lysander's escape at the end of the book is hardly believable, even with a time lag, no communications, with other parties, no backup to carry out such a complex plan without funking up when missiles fall all around, either he is incredibly lucky or more clever than anyone else (which is not apparent from the book.Not quite clear what is Lysanders motivation. Hate of Republic? Revenge? How does he feel about slavery? Who does he think anyone is worthy to replace the sovereign?It also feels like too many villains with separate plans and visions are crammed into one book. It feels a bit too much. One elaborate plan by one villain and perhaps few accomplices would be sufficient to send them to dark age.

Loved how all of the characters and situations are highly relatable in one way or other. Even though no character can be described as lovable but they feel very real and familiar. ??

Found it quite confusing 70% of time. There were so many time and storyline jumps that the battle between Nilfgard and nordlings was almost incomprehensible. The end wasn't as rewarding as I would have expected, it feels like the main characters got weaker at the end. Even though Ciri's time and space jumps were confusing I enjoyed them. Plot twist with Ciri's parentage was also pretty awesome. I loved the whole series, but would like a stronger end to the saga.??