Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1) in Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"

Jul 12, 2020 Jason Koivu rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, fiction

I was enjoying the heck out of the first half of this! Then the second half got bogged down in static talk and training, none of which I found particularly exciting. Certainly I'd read more though. There's intrigue a plenty herein! ...more

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Sep 21, 2019 Jason Waltz rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series, fantastical, heroic, ebooks

Mediocre, Brunner is better

Geralt and the concept of Witchers is awesome. Storytelling is pretty good. Delivery sucks, definitely not helped by the layout formatting. Best part of book was last 12%. After 2 books, I still don't know why everyone supposedly hates Witchers so much and I'm quite tired of that lack of world logic. Clint Werner's Brunner tales are much more enjoyable. ...more

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Apr 17, 2020 Riju Ganguly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Bewitched!

Witcher is one of the greatest characters to arrive in our world of fantasy. Even with all the violence— overt or covert, in the air, it's the humour and pathos that make the saga so deeply memorable.
And as one can predict from my rating, I MUST read the succeeding volumes— especially since this one has stopped while keeping us hanging.
Onwards, then. ...more

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Apr 05, 2021 Randy Harmelink rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: f-sword-and-sorcery

Definitely less of a book than the previous two I read in the series. I got bored at many points. Just too much exposition and not enough of something actually happening.

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