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

Dec 18, 2013 Markus rated it it was amazing

Shelves: extraordinary-gentlemen, the-white-wolf, 2010-2012, fantasy, lovely-ladies

"The era of the sword and axe is nigh, the era of the wolf’s blizzard. The Time of the White Chill and the White Light is nigh, the Time of Madness and the Time of Contempt: Tedd Deireádh, the Time of End. The world will die amidst frost and be reborn with the new sun. It will be reborn of the Elder Blood, of Hen Ichaer, of the seed that has been sown. A seed which will not sprout but will burst into flame. Ess’tuath esse! Thus it shall be! Watch for the signs! What signs these shall be, I sa ...more

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Jun 06, 2017 Frank rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

No spoilers.
This is the first novel in the Witcher series, but the second book, the first being short stories collected in the Last Wish.
I am not sure why it is numbered a three on Goodreads, unless it is due to the translation versions.
In any event we have a world filled with Elves, Dwarfs, Humans and Gnomes all living for the past century in peace, but it seems to be changing, as there is death among each race, as well as, killings by each race against one another.
Into this time there is a ma ...more

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May 02, 2021 Benji Glaab rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is actually a lot better than I anticipated. Turns out the source material for the games and T.V show is pretty darn good. I might be fanboying a little since I recently watched season 1 on Netflix and am casually playing through the wild hunt on Switch. This story works really well on audio with a great narrator to boot. I prefer scenes that are longer in my books and a trimmed down cast is also beneficial for me when it comes to listening on audio.

Overall pretty satisfying would love to c ...more

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Sep 30, 2015 Lawrence Caldwell rated it it was amazing

Blood of Elves sets up an epic plot for the series and builds upon on a specific short story from The Last Wish.

The book is more about Ciri then it is Geralt. In fact, Geralt is only a viewpont character in three or four scenes through out the entire book, unlike The Last Wish, where he was predominantly the main character.

In The Last Wish you get to see Geralt and Yenifer meet and become involved, and though that romance is touched on in Blood of Elves, Yenifer and Geralt are not actually seen ...more

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