The Last Wish
Ratings945
Average rating4.1
A collection of short stories that give you a general sense of the world, and Geralt & company as we tag along various different Witcher jobs of varying difficulty. S01 of the Netflix show does not do The Last Wish Justice. But Henry Cavill is a damn good Geralt (despite not looking like him and being too handsome frankly). If you thought that the first season’s non-linear approach to storytelling and plot pacing were confusing and unnecessary, reading this will clear things up much better and (obviously) with more detail.
It is a very good story, interesting and original structure, pretty good and colourful language. Characters are well balanced and distinctive.
I absolutely adored this and I am so grateful Will encouraged me to read it to get out of my reading slump.
A fantastic and fun anthology, the best place anyone can start exploring the Witcher universe from.
الشخصيات في هذا الكتاب لهم سحر عجيب، فحتى لو لم يكن لبعضهم دوراً مهمًا في تحريك الحدث إلا أنك تشعر بحضورهم المتميز. وكذلك حواراتهم مع جيرالت دائمًا ممتعة!
One of those shitty books where every male chara is a sexual assaulter or rapist because of course. Hot dogwater garbage I wouldn't read more if you put a gun to my head. Also the romance with yennefer made shitty ya romances look like the best romance in the world. Seriously, they know each other for max 2 hours and somehow love each other? Fucking hell
If you're concerned that you'll be bored because you watched the Netflix adaptation, don't be daunted by it. The books are on a different level. One, the author writes them as though his readers are of at least average intelligence. Instead of spoon-feeding us the story, he uses foreshadowing and doesn't hesitate to use ambiguous endings or messages. You end up interacting with the material for so much longer than you would think because you're fascinated. Who said the curse? Why did he do this? You never walk away feeling like an idiot, even if you do have questions.
The only thing that detracts from it is that it can sometimes feel disjointed. Sapkowski makes a very limited use of transitions. I can think of two or three stories which flowed from one another very naturally. Still, it's a very mild complaint as the book is split up by each story so the occasional use of smooth transitions wasn't too different from the other stories.
Der Schreibstil war manchmal nicht so meins, bisschen zu viel Beschreibungen von Umgebung/Kleidung etc
DNF 30%
This started off well for me, but then I found that I lost interest in Geralt's various adventures the more the story progressed. This collection (?) of stories features a few retellings of famous fairy tales, like Beauty and the Beast, but it offers a new twist to them by changing the outcome of the story, or by portraying the villain as a hero and vice versa. Maybe this book didn't work for me because I was looking for a traditional fantasy story with a start, middle, and end (which I'm told is the format for the main books in the series). I should have started with vol 1 instead of this one, despite everyone on the internet saying to start with this prologue of sorts.
Meh, I guess this story just isn't for me.
Pretty awesome book full of well written short stories but the ending is super confusing and I had to google what the heck was going on. This illustrated edition was pretty mediocre but the cover art looks really nice to me.
This book has long been a favorite of mine. I've read it twice in print, listened to it once as an audiobook, and just finished it again, this time on my Kindle. This is a book that I've continued to come back to because the world is super interesting and the characters are wonderful. Has some of the content become a bit dated? Definitely. But the storytelling brilliance contained between the front and back covers of this book is mesmerizing.
“People”—Geralt turned his head—“like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves.”
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Meet Geralt of Rivia, the Witcher. We follow Geralt along in his adventures against vicious monsters and interactions with friends and foes. Fun short tales to pique the story lover's interest.
This book serves as the introduction to the Witcherverse. Has a very vivid and brutal description of the events where the story mostly revolves around a witcher, Geralt of Rivia, a mutant on the hunt to kill monsters. We also get our beloved characters Dandelion and Yennefer introduced who will play major roles in the upcoming parts of the series. The ending left me very anticipated and confused as to what I can expect from the coming story. Thoroughly enjoyed the story. Very much looking forward to the next book.
I liked this more than I expected. With every story my opinion grew more and more positive and I believe it is because you get to see many faces of Gerald in these short stories. Ofcourse it didn't go past me that these stories seemed inspired by other popular works, which for me made it more interesting. I will definitely read the next book.
Great book for starting the Witcher
If you've seen Netflix's Witcher series, this book covers the events from season 1. The books are well written, gripping and hard to put down. Highly recommended.
Very interesting. I loved this collection of short stories. Some of them sort of familiar.
