The Lady of the Lake

2.5
damn i love the characters in witcher - and the mini arcs (the doctors were one of the best part of the book and the only part of the war stuff i cared abt). i also generally like the weird disjointed storytelling that comes together for a larger picture across the books it had a great tempo when the scenes were building

i wish that the main story was given more time cuz it felt rushed despite the 600 page length - prob cuz there was so much extraneous things. also i felt like there was so much weird out of character things like geralt chillin for a few months and just giving up ciri to emhyr. i also am v unhappy with the way ciri “accepts her role” near the end with the lodge it felt like such a weird scene. it made sense i suppose but like man it felt really weird. it also just carries over in general to the way all the antagonists view ciri - like jfc it went from one guy tryna have a kid with her to another to another to another and another and its like incredibly uncomfy and meh to read. it existed across the books but it was so bad in this one.

im sad to see the books end tho i liked them more than their general 3ish star rating - like overall the series gets a 4 even tho the individual books ebbed and flowed