Reviewed by thepunktheory on
This was ... long. Or at least it felt that way. There wasn't that much in this book that actually propelled the story forward, it's more of an entire novel telling you about the characters (while still somehow managing not to give them all that much depth or reason).
It's actually a pretty cool book, but I just really wanted to know more about the story and kept getting more and more irritated when it became clear this wouldn't be happening in Baptism of Fire.
The reasons behind the characters' decisions are not too clear and honestly, them banding together (except for Geralt and Jaskier) seems like a big stretch that never really gets justified.
Also, I'm not really a fan of the new Ciri and her band of comrades is just all levels of fucked up.
If I'm honest, even Jaksier is a bit of a letdown in this novel.
I really hope that with the next novel Sapkowski picks up the pace because I'm getting really annoyed over here. His story has all the potential and the world and every time I think we're finally getting somewhere he drops a book like this one on me.
Reading updates
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- 15 April, 2020: Finished reading
- 15 April, 2020: Reviewed