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Jun 19, 2015
Athena Shardbearer
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it was amazing
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"Only Evil and Greater Evil exist and beyond them, in the shadows, lurks True Evil. True Evil, Geralt, is something you can barely imagine, even if you believe nothing can still surprise you. And sometimes True Evil seizes you by the throat and demands that you choose between it and another, slightly lesser, Evil."
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I want to start off by saying I am NOT a gamer and know nothing of the video games. Nothing against gamers, its just not my thing. I know the games were based on these books, and are very popular.
I have seen many people say how great these books are, and that they are very Sword and Sorcery, Conan Esq pulpy fantasy, which is totally me! So yes I had to check them out!
I was not disappointed! Everything I had seen ...more
I want to start off by saying I am NOT a gamer and know nothing of the video games. Nothing against gamers, its just not my thing. I know the games were based on these books, and are very popular.
I have seen many people say how great these books are, and that they are very Sword and Sorcery, Conan Esq pulpy fantasy, which is totally me! So yes I had to check them out!
I was not disappointed! Everything I had seen ...more
Fun, yet...
I don't know. These stories were odd. Or the telling of them. I enjoy Geralt, and the stories are exciting, typically fun, but nothing endearing or compelling. Delivery of this whole was different too, definitely one of those times I'd much rather have had a physical book to flip more easily back and forth in. Sidekicks and enemies, monsters and intrigues, all abound but it all just feels like it's lacking something. I'll read the next, see where it leads. ...more
I don't know. These stories were odd. Or the telling of them. I enjoy Geralt, and the stories are exciting, typically fun, but nothing endearing or compelling. Delivery of this whole was different too, definitely one of those times I'd much rather have had a physical book to flip more easily back and forth in. Sidekicks and enemies, monsters and intrigues, all abound but it all just feels like it's lacking something. I'll read the next, see where it leads. ...more
كنتُ أتوقع الكثير من الويتشر، ومع ذلك فقد تجاوز توقعاتي. الكتاب الأول يحتوي على ست قصص، وقصة سابعة تأتي كإطار يربط بقية القصص. سِحر عالَم الويتشر لا يقتصر على جمال أساطيره وغرابة مخلوقاته، وإنما يمتد ليشمل ذكاء حوارات شخصياته وتضافر خفة ظل الحكايات مع رهافتها الحزينة. لهذا كانت قصتي المفضلة هنا هي "حافة العالَم" ببداياتها الطريفة المضحكة ونهاياتها الرقيقة المبكية. وبعدها قصة "ذَرَّة حقيقة" و"الويتشر". القصص كلها رائعة والترجمة -وهي عن الأصل البولندي- تستحق التقدير والثناء.
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This enchanting book full of adventures, horror, humour, love, tragedy, longing and poise was unlike ANYTHING I have read. It contains a series of stories and vignettes that come together in a brilliant non-linear arc, leaving the reader gasping for more.
What were those tales? Let me merely list them, although it really wouldn’t do justice to the depth of this arc.
1. The Voice of Reason 1
2. The Witcher
3. The Voice of Reason 2
4. A Grain of Truth
5. The Voice of Reason 3
6. The Lesser Evil
7. The Voi ...more
What were those tales? Let me merely list them, although it really wouldn’t do justice to the depth of this arc.
1. The Voice of Reason 1
2. The Witcher
3. The Voice of Reason 2
4. A Grain of Truth
5. The Voice of Reason 3
6. The Lesser Evil
7. The Voi ...more
Dec 26, 2020
Randy Harmelink
rated it
really liked it
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I enjoyed it. Might have been 5 stars if I hadn't seen the NetFlix series. I just thought Henry Cavill breathed so much more into the character than this book does.
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Entertaining.
Interesting to see the differences between the books and the Netflix show. The author is good at finding outcomes that you don’t expect, but make sense.
Interesting to see the differences between the books and the Netflix show. The author is good at finding outcomes that you don’t expect, but make sense.
I tried to read this. I failed. Poorly written and poorly constructed. I do not see the attraction.
Aug 22, 2018
Johnny
marked it as to-read
Nov 25, 2018
Steve Thomas
marked it as to-read
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