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Dec 06, 2015 09:27AM
whaaaat! Awesome adaptation :)
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Anirudh wrote: "whaaaat! Awesome adaptation :)"No, it is not :P it's not even an adaptation really. They have just copy-pasted huge party of the novels into the game and pretended it's '5 years later'
I didn't mean the story :) I meant his tone, many of witcher traits adapted well into gameplay and the monsters. Pretty good reallyStory can't be adopted. Too spread out for a game :)
What do you all think about the monsters in the book? Do you like them? Or perhaps no? Have you come across such creatures in other books?
Reading now Refri's story and she is very scary and so powerful. I don't know why Geralt put himself in harm as we read in second story and now here too. -.-
@anirudh I like the monsters in the story. They have human nature to them, full of complex emotions.@Manju he is a witcher, he can't just ignore anything that is harmful to people.
Maybhe can, but that won't be a story we would like to read. :P
Anirudh wrote: "What do you all think about the monsters in the book? Do you like them? Or perhaps no? Have you come across such creatures in other books?"I enjoyed the monsters, they are not (most of the time) mindless creatures as it often happens in fantasy books, and they're based on my folk culture...
Yeah well, I'm totally biased when it comes to "Witcher"... the two tomes of short stories are the best though!
Didn't like the story of Renfri much. :/
Okay people, I just started this one! :D
Anirudh, yeah I liked the monsters a lot as I have only read about some shining vampire boyfriends or the ones which are scared of garlics :PThat vampire in the book was actually scary. Liked that about it. Loved all others as well.
finished it last night and it was great.:D
yeah, it was. Second story, the vampire one, was the best, i didn't like the last one.
my favorite was the question of price. story of Calanthe. :D I liked the last one but not as much as I enjoyed the others. Also I loved the interludes very very much.
@Karolina, yes I remember that Witcher does not kill a few vampires he meets
Also, Witcher himself is considered an abomination by people. Perhaps he can sympathise :)
@Manju,
Which one is renfri's story?
third one.
What do you people think about the depiction of vampires in the book? They differ from PNF or UF Vampires. Which one do you like better and why?
Did everyone finish?
I did! :P Much before those who had actually planned to read and discuss the book. :PI did like the vampires in this a lot. I loved the fact that the book was linked to actual folk tales. It was interesting to see things from the other side - not everything that is evil is actually evil and stuff like that. The depiction of vampires in this book seemed realistic and I agree with Karolina when she says that they are not the mindless ones of various fantasy books.
I haven't :(Will finish it by this weekend....
i finished it. except the last story, i liked all of them. i haven't read much books about vampires, and i don't really consider PNF, UF vampires, vampire. They are just romanticized version of something that should be scary.
have any of you read Interview with the vampire? i feel like reading it.
Anirudh wrote: "What do you people think about the depiction of vampires in the book? They differ from PNF or UF Vampires. Which one do you like better and why?"Vampires were very different here from what I am used to. They're brutal and all about survival.
I have read two series where Vampire are into romance and one where they are not. While I don't hate vampires who are in love but then am also not very fond of them now. :/
I think I like vampires better when they are being evil, sucking blood out of people so that they can live. Its what they are supposed to do.
@Utkarsh: Try Fevre Dream. You'll love it.:)
Which folk tale you liked most?
@Sri, You don't count :P Vampires are intelligent creatures in this. Witcher does not usually hunt them casually.
@Manju And Utkarsh
Book 3 of the series makes a surprising revelation about vampires. Wait and see :P
Why did everyone hate the last story O_o
Srividya wrote: "Awww... you are mean!!! Okay won't discuss further!"You don't count because you finish books extremely fast :P I didn't even know you started reading it when I saw your review :D
Anirudh wrote: "Srividya wrote: "Awww... you are mean!!! Okay won't discuss further!"You don't count because you finish books extremely fast :P I didn't even know you started reading it when I saw your review :D"
Can't help it! :P
Buddy now answer my question plz.:P
@Anirudh: I don't hate the last story. I liked it but yeah at times I felt that authors has stretched it without any reason. Could have been better if it was shorter by few pages.:)
I don't remember which story is last :) But did every one like the child surprise story?
Anirudh wrote: "I don't remember which story is last :) But did every one like the child surprise story?"
My favorite.:)
I quite loved the last story actually. Not sure why you all didn't like it. I found both the witch and witcher strong for once (I mean male/female relationship or should I say power dynamics). It was really fun reading it. In fact, I think that is my first.I also liked the Renfri one, which if I am not mistaken is based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, right? I quite loved reading that from the Evil Queen's angle. Not sure about you all, but I loved reading these stories from a different angle and I must say that it made sense. It wasn't really differing for the sake of being different but actually brought some meaning to it.
The first story was the eeriest I feel, with the Striga and the beautiful description that went with it.. (Umm don't mind if I say the numbers wrong, I am bad at remembering which was what because I read it long back :P) In any case, I mean the one which is a take on the Beauty and the Beast...at least that's what it seemed to me. I simply LOVED it! :D
Does that answer your question Manu?
@Sri, It's not a take on beauty and the beast O_o It's a different story entirely
Which one is the child surprise story? Sorry but I can't remember it right now?Actually, I loved all of them equally and loved how it moved seamlessly from past to present and also felt that the chapter names were quite reflective of the stories they told....but for the life of me I can't remember the child surprise one...Hmmm :(
Anirudh wrote: "@Sri, It's not a take on beauty and the beast O_o It's a different story entirely"It does smack of that a lot. At least the one where the guy is imprisoned in his house and there is a woman who is so beautiful that she wants to keep him for herself and goes killing others who wander their way. It is a twist on the old beauty and beast - she beauty, he beast..or at least that's how i read it! :P
Of course it was slightly different as he was cursed to be that way and once she went away from the picture he was released from that curse..etc etc
Not sure of the number of the story...
Yes buddy your reply answered my question.:)Child surprise story where man was a beast in day and a man in night...
@Sri, Child surprise is the one more akin to beauty and the beast. The princess and the strange man in armor. Plus witcher asks for the child surprise
Ah that's what I meant then.. I loved that one! :DSighs and tells them that I am old, so it is obvious that I will get confused and that they should forgive me :P
And story of Roach was inspired by the sleeping beauty though here the cursed one was a male and very much awake at that. But kiss of true love freed him from his misery.
i didn't like the last story because it was an attempt to humor. it was good one, but still the tone was different from other stories. which were serious, so it seemed out of place, and the witcher was at jenefer's [that was her name right] mercy. Manju- okay, i will read fevre dream then.
Yes...that I remember!! At least I do now. :P
I actually went back and checked the stories.;)Sri, what you thnk of interludes?
Its Yennefer.:P
interludes were interesting, they made witcher look more mysterious.
ohh great, i wasn't too off in spelling her name :P
Utkarsh wrote: "interludes were interesting, they made witcher look more mysterious."Exactly. By the end of fourth story I was more interested in them than the folk tales.:)
I think those interludes are glimpse of story of next book.:)
I loved the interludes as well. I agree, it made Geralt more mysterious and you wanted to know what was happening in the present with him.
does second book has a english version?
@Utkarsh, this is a short stories collectionThe Witcher saga continues the story of the child surprise. It has 6 books and is complete as far as I know in Polish. The first 3 books are translated to English :)
What do you think about the witcher's abilities, how he gets them, his strengths and limitations?
BTW this is a Kikimore
