Beattz
This is the second Witcher book I've read. I know there's debate about what the reading order is, and it seems I've landed on chronological. If I hadn't watched the first couple of seasons of the show, I think it would have been a lot harder to follow. We're introduced to characters without backstory, and I assume that would make sense if one was reading them in publication order. It's also got a nonlinear timeline, so there's some other mental gymnastics required there.
I've never really understood the complaint of fantasy novels using "real world" curses and things like that, but for some reason, the ones in this book stuck out like a sore thumb to me. It knocked me out of the story more than once. Also, the way the author describes female anatomy was boorish and immature.
Other than that, it's an imaginative collection of short stories with lots of monsters and fights. I'll definitely read the next one, so I can see the difference with that and the collections I've read so far.
This is the second Witcher book I've read. I know there's debate about what the reading order is, and it seems I've landed on chronological. If I hadn't watched the first couple of seasons of the show, I think it would have been a lot harder to follow. We're introduced to characters without backstory, and I assume that would make sense if one was reading them in publication order. It's also got a nonlinear timeline, so there's some other mental gymnastics required there.
I've never really understood the complaint of fantasy novels using "real world" curses and things like that, but for some reason, the ones in this book stuck out like a sore thumb to me. It knocked me out of the story more than once. Also, the way the author describes female anatomy was boorish and immature.
Other than that, it's an imaginative collection of short stories with lots of monsters and fights. I'll definitely read the next one, so I can see the difference with that and the collections I've read so far.