I really enjoyed the last wish even though i haven’t played the games. There were some stories i liked more than others but all in all it was super fun
The "Last Wish" short stories was published first! In a magazine "Fantastyka" . One on time . Starting with "The witcher" short story in 1986r. Then the "Sword of destiny" was published in 1992. SIX years later!
"The "Last Wish" short stories were published first" No, five of the stories were published in a different collection first. The Last Wish we have now was published afterwards.
And you have 114K subscribers now. Just goes to show that if you are passionate about something, you will eventually find an audience. I really love your reviews, I hope your channel grows even further. Good luck!
@KillerDragon Well it's a fact. If I recall even the developers said they were their own interpretations of the universe and their own ideas as to what might happen after the books. And also how hard it was to really tie the two together. I have no idea if they're canon or not tho because I don't know who has the authority to decide.
@@invinciblemic Andrzej Sapkowskin has the right to decide cause he is the creator. But in my head the games are squels and for me thats how it happened.
I read The Last Wish in a day yesterday! Just started Sword of Destiny today! Already SOD seems to be better IMO. I really like your review! I love fantasy books and I feel like we might like the same books so I can get good recommendations from you! :)
Princess Adda, the one from the first short story, is actually present in the first Witcher game. If you can get through the bizarre combat system it's still a very good game. I've actually replayed it this year and it's great to see how it all began with CD Projekt Red and how they grew and grew with each game.
Now that I've read further in the series (in Blood of Elves) I was thinking I'll want to re-play all the games and see what was borrowed and what was expounded upon.
Havent had any exposure in the witcher world. Just finished Last Wish and was intrigued. I also have been reading the WOT and this was a bit of fresh air being able to finish a book in a couple days. Solid entry, I'm interested enough to continue on in the series.
12:52 it is toxic as hell. From both sides. But over time, over the books. You get the feeling they really do like each other. Or. It might be the the spell from the djinn. How ever, yennefer will go to such extreme measures to make sure Geralt and Ciri are safe. Risking her own life multiple times in the proces
I too came to the books after playing the games. The last Wish was definitely alot better than I thought it would be. Also I to imagined the voice actor whilst reading as Geralt 😂
Loving your book reviews. One thing many people gets wrong about this book (including the developers of the game series) is assume that Geralt’s last wish was for Yennefer fall in love with him. Sapkowski never tells us exactly what the last wish was, in fact, there are strong evidence by the end of the series that the last wish was something very different. Before reading the books I was a Triss guy myself, but after reading it I understood why it had to be Yen.
why Tris? it is very evident from 1st saga book that Tris only was attracted to idea of Geralt because of her own loneliness and desperation. Beside she was very condescending in the Blood of elves. On a different note, the bruxa story was my favourite of all stories in the last wish book, and I have a feeling the geralt and Yen story will end the same; two social outsiders who end up feeling Real Love upon destruction of each other ( I havent finished the books so please do not spoil haha)
Yennefer and Geralt relation changes very much with time. Yen changes. Geralt changes. To have a great journey you have to start somewhere. Geralt make the decision as an answer to "what do you really want? " question. And in Las wish Yen manipulate Geralt but as well make rescue plan for him after she gave him a lasson. She cures Dandalion. Triss is awlays good with her words and nice and then stab you in the back. Yen is blunt and sasy but will always go to youre rescue. Even if cost is sky high.
@@gumgumdookuin7963 Triss is obsessed with Geralt in a very creepy way and that made her pursue his affections in ways that were harmful to him, the people around him- even herself. And I don't want to post specific examples or spoilers for the saga in a book review for The Last Wish but boy, are you plain wrong. She consciously threw Geralt, Yennefer and even Ciri under the bus later in the saga knowing exactly what it is she's doing to them- and yes- she felt oh so guilty about it and tried to redeem herself for it later, but that doesn't mean she didn't stab them in the back.
Hey love your channel, have been watching all your vids since your review of The Blade Itself. The Last Wish is actually next on my TBR, I'm really excited to read it, I've heard nothing but good things. So I'm currently reading through the original Conan The Barbarian stories written by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s, and I just have to say, they are really, really good and I can't recommend them enough to you. I'm going to take this time now to try and convince a fellow fantasy lover to read Conan The Fuckin Barbarian, because it's so so good and underrated as hell. Howard wrote about a dozen short stories and one full length novel, The Hour of the Dragon, about Conan's various adventures throughout his life. From when he's the King of an empire, to a swashbuckling pirate, to battles with dark sorcerers, to dungeon crawling encounters with cosmic Lovecraftian horrors. If you like beautiful prose, magic, adventure, wonder, horror, action, and great characters, then I highly recommend checking out the short story The Tower of the Elephant as the one to read first. It's a damn classic and awesome as hell. It's only 3 chapters long and can be read in like 15 minutes, yet it's so good and so well written that it's as satisfying as a full novel. Beyond the Black River, Red Nails, The Slithering Shadow, A Witch Shall Be Born, and Queen of the Black Coast, are also all fantastic. The novel Hour of the Dragon is amazing as well but I still recommend atleast reading Tower of the Elephant first to get a taste of the style. The stories can be read in any order. This is just me shamelessly trying to get you to read and review some Conan. lol
Coleton Donaldson thank you for the kind words. I’m definitely interested in the Conan books. I love the (first) movie. Didn’t Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time) write some Conan books, too?
@@mikesbookreviews Yeah he did, I haven't read those though. But I'm telling you, if you want a delicious bite sized fantasy adventure that is dark and gritty and weird and different you should read The Tower of the Elephant as soon as possible. :) You'll love it.
As a huge fan of the books, who read them back in the 90s, I could not be more excited for the game adaptations - which all were pretty good, I didn't finish 2 and 3, but I really liked the original Witcher 1 and got really into the 3, but just after 250 hours into 3, I just lost interest in finishing it - but I had a blast while playing (I just rarly finish games, I never finished Skyrim, Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout IV and even Baldur's Gate 2 - and I absolutely love those games, just never had the time to actually play them from start to finish). I never had a big problem with depictions of characters in the Witcher games, except that Triss is not a redhead in the books, and she has long, straight hair and not some weird hairdu they gave her, but I just chalk it up to her changing and character growth, Ciri and Yennefer are fine, and Geralt is fine - but he shouldn't wear a beard in part 3 - in the books he states it makes him go crazy, so I think he wouldn't wear it even in later life, but you can shave in 3 so it's a mechanic I often use - no problem there. What I really have is a problem with the Netflix adaptation - it's terrible for depicting character completely not how they are written in the books, and the race swapping is outragious. I couldn't stomach that travesty and gave up on episode 3. Never again. I'll stick to the books for the story, and maybe go back to witcher 3 for the gameplay, but nothing else....
really love the fairy tail, moral of the story feel to these (only read this and SoD so far) never played the game, for me their friendship is believable, romantic relationship is, ya pretty toxic, co-dependentish wanting-and-settling and wanting, it feels pretty authentic. Geralt's wish: I interpreted this as him wishing for himself to fall in love as much as Yen. So much of his inner dialogue is wondering if he's still human enough to feel, reminiscent of good Rice, Dr. Manhattan, any Tolkien inspired long lived individual. There is a subtlety and depth here that I don't always get. I found the LW more successful than SoD, the time jumping structure worked a bit better in that one, but enjoyed them both, will continue probably, but quite a few other books on the list first (thanks Mike) goal of 500 subs last summer... well done sir
Geralts Djinn wish was to be ABLE to love? That would mean his & Yens love is real. If Witchers apparently don't have emotions, how could they love? That's a great and satisfying theory- Geralt wished to be able to feel emotion/love.
I think I would've liked this book if I hadn't played the games, but I don't think I'd like it enough to compel me to read the rest of the series. I read the rest of the series because of how much I enjoyed the games. Also, play the first game too, it's very different in terms of gameplay but the story is very interesting! it actually took me playing the third game to fully appreciate the story of the first game!
I've read the 2 short story collections and the first 2 novels so far, but I've never played the games so here's my 2 cents if you're interested. So far The Last Wish is definitely my favourite. I really enjoyed the dark tone combined with the fairy tale re-telling vibe and the moralising/philosophising that the (excellent) dialogue gets across. I also thought that the short story format was a pretty unique and original way to start a fantasy series, I've not seen that done before and it really worked. Tbh I was a little disappointed when I got to the novels, because it's got a very different (imo) feel to it. The moralising gets a little diluted and the dialogue loses a bit of its snappiness. I also kinda thought that the plot was paced too slow and the fairy tale aspects went missing, but both of those are personal preference things. I liked it enough to be carrying on with it, but I don't feel like I've got the same love for it that a lot of the gamers who read it seem to have.
I figured as much, in regards to people who have invested in the characters already via the games. I certainly don't expect the novels to have the breakneck pace this book did. I'll come back to this after I read some of them and see if I feel similarly.
Andrzej Sapkowski never planned Witcher to be a series. It was kinda a happy accident. It all started as a single story written for literary contest for Polish sci-fi/fantasy magazine called "Fantastyka". Sapkowski got 3rd prize. Readers loved his story very much -they wanted more. So Sapkowski started to write next short stories. Few years later publisher released two collections which are considered prologue to the novels. Just few years ago Sapkowski wrote Season of Storms which is sidequel novel set between events from short stories. It should be read as last, because there are slight hints about saga's ending.
To elaborate, it is also worth mentioning that the order of short stories in the books is different to the order they were written in, somewhat. In essence: the first four stories in The Last Wish, are the first written. They were published in magazines, and together with a story "Road with no Return" which does not feature Geralt, but is set in the same world and features charachters that have a strong connection to Geralt, published in a collection simply called "The Witcher". After that, the first stories from "Sword of Destiny" were written, and also published in magazines, and then published as the whole thing. By that time Sapkowski had the saga in planning (which is obvious, as "Something more" is basically the first chapter of the novels) So the first stories were republished, with addition of two new ones, "The end of the World", and " The last Whish", as well as the framing story "the voice of reason" to fill gaps in narrative, as "The last Whish" collection, with explicit intention to become the first book.
Doesn't matter cause this vid is 2 years old. But before I read the books even as a game only I always found yen as the obvious choice. I found triss to be the far more manipulative of the two. I mean in the previous game she took advantage of getalts amnesia to sleep with him and purposely didn't tell him about his relationship with yen
Yeah the games making Triss a viable choice is probably the biggest breakaway from the books. I don't hate it but it's completely out of character for book Geralt after what already happened between them and how strong the bond between Geralt and Yen is. But I'm okay with treating the games as glorified fanfiction.
When I decided to read this I didn't know anything from the Netflix series. I knew it existed and I've heard all bunch of stuff that it was plagiarizing the Elric series which I read at the time. And still reading btw.. so many books... Anyway, so I went into The Last Wish with an open mind and almost no information about Geralt or this series - and I had a great time. I've never finished a book so quickly as I did with The Last Wish. However I am currently reading Sword of Destiny and man what a huge dip down that one is in comparison to The Last Wish. Am I the only one thinking that?
A lot of people prefer The Last Wish over Sword of Destiny, me included. I don't think it's a huge drop in quality though, the stories are still solid, and contain some of the most memorable moments in the series for me (the dragon plot, Geralt meeting Ciri in Brokilon and their reunion in the last story).
I've read Ready Player One and was much dissapointed with the Movie. I hope that does not happen with the Witcher! But I have become cautious! You should be too. Yeah Henry is a big Witcher Fanboy as well - So there is Hope it will be glorious!
What a POS Ready Player One was. So many talk about how great that movie was and I know they didn't read it. As for this, I'll always hope for the best but expect the worst when it comes to adapting the fantasy genre in live action. There's a reason only Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones have pulled it off for fans and casuals. It's a tough nut to crack without devolving into camp.
Yeah! But I guess not many will buy R.R. Martins next Book after the understandable but in parts totally rushed End Story dissapointed so many Fans. The Witcher Books are also only easy to read when you start with the Short Stories and then advance to the Novels. I am happy Netflix is starting with the Short Stories to bind the Viewers!
Guess I’m in the minority on this one but it draggged for me. Took all month to read it and didn’t even want to finish it. Never played the games. Maybe I should have. Def NOT continuing the series
18 min video and the first 7+ are you rambling about your love of stephen king, proving you came to this as a game only fan, and you love hardcover books? Not sticking around and likely never clicking on any of your videos. Thanks for the time waste
I really enjoyed the last wish even though i haven’t played the games. There were some stories i liked more than others but all in all it was super fun
I was surprised how much fun I had when I read it.
The "Last Wish" short stories was published first! In a magazine "Fantastyka" . One on time . Starting with "The witcher" short story in 1986r. Then the "Sword of destiny" was published in 1992. SIX years later!
Mirael Rozczarowniczona ah, I didn’t realize. Very cool!
witcher.fandom.com/wiki/The_Witcher_series
"The "Last Wish" short stories were published first" No, five of the stories were published in a different collection first. The Last Wish we have now was published afterwards.
And you have 114K subscribers now. Just goes to show that if you are passionate about something, you will eventually find an audience. I really love your reviews, I hope your channel grows even further. Good luck!
Finally, You started my all time favourite books series:-)
Read the first 3. Will be getting back into it in the fall.
The games are basically fan fictions writen as sequels to the books.
Lynch85 An excellent way to describe it.
@KillerDragon It is objectively true. The games are non-canon. Don't get me wrong, the games are excellent but they are essentially fanfiction.
@KillerDragon Well it's a fact. If I recall even the developers said they were their own interpretations of the universe and their own ideas as to what might happen after the books. And also how hard it was to really tie the two together. I have no idea if they're canon or not tho because I don't know who has the authority to decide.
@@invinciblemic Andrzej Sapkowskin has the right to decide cause he is the creator. But in my head the games are squels and for me thats how it happened.
The Bloody Baron (W3) story is so perfect man… The devs really did amazing work building off the books
I read The Last Wish in a day yesterday! Just started Sword of Destiny today! Already SOD seems to be better IMO. I really like your review! I love fantasy books and I feel like we might like the same books so I can get good recommendations from you! :)
I look forward to watching more of your reviews! You're very personable
Josh Knox-Chinnery Thanks! I like to think I’ve gotten better since this review so I hope you’ll stick around for awhile.
Princess Adda, the one from the first short story, is actually present in the first Witcher game. If you can get through the bizarre combat system it's still a very good game. I've actually replayed it this year and it's great to see how it all began with CD Projekt Red and how they grew and grew with each game.
Now that I've read further in the series (in Blood of Elves) I was thinking I'll want to re-play all the games and see what was borrowed and what was expounded upon.
@@mikesbookreviews im thinking the same
Havent had any exposure in the witcher world. Just finished Last Wish and was intrigued. I also have been reading the WOT and this was a bit of fresh air being able to finish a book in a couple days. Solid entry, I'm interested enough to continue on in the series.
Witcher books are a breath of fresh air after reading epic fantasy tomes.
Great review man btw did you see the analogy between the bruxa story to the beauty and the beast ? :)
Very much so. In fact, as I was reading it I imagined Beast as Nivellen.
12:52 it is toxic as hell. From both sides. But over time, over the books. You get the feeling they really do like each other. Or. It might be the the spell from the djinn. How ever, yennefer will go to such extreme measures to make sure Geralt and Ciri are safe. Risking her own life multiple times in the proces
I too came to the books after playing the games. The last Wish was definitely alot better than I thought it would be. Also I to imagined the voice actor whilst reading as Geralt 😂
S Hh it’s impossible not to, to be honest.
As far as 'monster of the week' books go, this was the best I've read so far.
Loving your book reviews. One thing many people gets wrong about this book (including the developers of the game series) is assume that Geralt’s last wish was for Yennefer fall in love with him. Sapkowski never tells us exactly what the last wish was, in fact, there are strong evidence by the end of the series that the last wish was something very different. Before reading the books I was a Triss guy myself, but after reading it I understood why it had to be Yen.
Luiz Felipe Ahhhhh okay. I’m glad you told me this. That makes so much more sense. Thanks!
why Tris? it is very evident from 1st saga book that Tris only was attracted to idea of Geralt because of her own loneliness and desperation. Beside she was very condescending in the Blood of elves.
On a different note, the bruxa story was my favourite of all stories in the last wish book, and I have a feeling the geralt and Yen story will end the same; two social outsiders who end up feeling Real Love upon destruction of each other ( I havent finished the books so please do not spoil haha)
Yennefer and Geralt relation changes very much with time. Yen changes. Geralt changes. To have a great journey you have to start somewhere.
Geralt make the decision as an answer to "what do you really want? " question.
And in Las wish Yen manipulate Geralt but as well make rescue plan for him after she gave him a lasson. She cures Dandalion.
Triss is awlays good with her words and nice and then stab you in the back.
Yen is blunt and sasy but will always go to youre rescue. Even if cost is sky high.
Mirael Rozczarowniczona I figure I’ll see why I get that reaction from book fans when I read further.
Last I checked Triss never stabbed Geralr in the back. Matter of fact she seems obsessed about him.
@@gumgumdookuin7963 Triss is obsessed with Geralt in a very creepy way and that made her pursue his affections in ways that were harmful to him, the people around him- even herself. And I don't want to post specific examples or spoilers for the saga in a book review for The Last Wish but boy, are you plain wrong. She consciously threw Geralt, Yennefer and even Ciri under the bus later in the saga knowing exactly what it is she's doing to them- and yes- she felt oh so guilty about it and tried to redeem herself for it later, but that doesn't mean she didn't stab them in the back.
Hey love your channel, have been watching all your vids since your review of The Blade Itself. The Last Wish is actually next on my TBR, I'm really excited to read it, I've heard nothing but good things. So I'm currently reading through the original Conan The Barbarian stories written by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s, and I just have to say, they are really, really good and I can't recommend them enough to you. I'm going to take this time now to try and convince a fellow fantasy lover to read Conan The Fuckin Barbarian, because it's so so good and underrated as hell. Howard wrote about a dozen short stories and one full length novel, The Hour of the Dragon, about Conan's various adventures throughout his life. From when he's the King of an empire, to a swashbuckling pirate, to battles with dark sorcerers, to dungeon crawling encounters with cosmic Lovecraftian horrors. If you like beautiful prose, magic, adventure, wonder, horror, action, and great characters, then I highly recommend checking out the short story The Tower of the Elephant as the one to read first. It's a damn classic and awesome as hell. It's only 3 chapters long and can be read in like 15 minutes, yet it's so good and so well written that it's as satisfying as a full novel. Beyond the Black River, Red Nails, The Slithering Shadow, A Witch Shall Be Born, and Queen of the Black Coast, are also all fantastic. The novel Hour of the Dragon is amazing as well but I still recommend atleast reading Tower of the Elephant first to get a taste of the style. The stories can be read in any order. This is just me shamelessly trying to get you to read and review some Conan. lol
Coleton Donaldson thank you for the kind words. I’m definitely interested in the Conan books. I love the (first) movie. Didn’t Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time) write some Conan books, too?
@@mikesbookreviews Yeah he did, I haven't read those though. But I'm telling you, if you want a delicious bite sized fantasy adventure that is dark and gritty and weird and different you should read The Tower of the Elephant as soon as possible. :) You'll love it.
Coleton Donaldson I’ll add them to my mountain of a pile to read.
Please please Mike read the comicbooks
As a huge fan of the books, who read them back in the 90s, I could not be more excited for the game adaptations - which all were pretty good, I didn't finish 2 and 3, but I really liked the original Witcher 1 and got really into the 3, but just after 250 hours into 3, I just lost interest in finishing it - but I had a blast while playing (I just rarly finish games, I never finished Skyrim, Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout IV and even Baldur's Gate 2 - and I absolutely love those games, just never had the time to actually play them from start to finish).
I never had a big problem with depictions of characters in the Witcher games, except that Triss is not a redhead in the books, and she has long, straight hair and not some weird hairdu they gave her, but I just chalk it up to her changing and character growth, Ciri and Yennefer are fine, and Geralt is fine - but he shouldn't wear a beard in part 3 - in the books he states it makes him go crazy, so I think he wouldn't wear it even in later life, but you can shave in 3 so it's a mechanic I often use - no problem there.
What I really have is a problem with the Netflix adaptation - it's terrible for depicting character completely not how they are written in the books, and the race swapping is outragious. I couldn't stomach that travesty and gave up on episode 3. Never again. I'll stick to the books for the story, and maybe go back to witcher 3 for the gameplay, but nothing else....
I just finished this one after watching the show. It was great fun!
really love the fairy tail, moral of the story feel to these (only read this and SoD so far)
never played the game, for me their friendship is believable, romantic relationship is, ya pretty toxic, co-dependentish wanting-and-settling and wanting, it feels pretty authentic.
Geralt's wish: I interpreted this as him wishing for himself to fall in love as much as Yen. So much of his inner dialogue is wondering if he's still human enough to feel, reminiscent of good Rice, Dr. Manhattan, any Tolkien inspired long lived individual. There is a subtlety and depth here that I don't always get.
I found the LW more successful than SoD, the time jumping structure worked a bit better in that one, but enjoyed them both, will continue probably, but quite a few other books on the list first (thanks Mike)
goal of 500 subs last summer... well done sir
Ha ha crazy to think I was hoping for 500 by end of last year at this point.
Geralts Djinn wish was to be ABLE to love? That would mean his & Yens love is real. If Witchers apparently don't have emotions, how could they love? That's a great and satisfying theory- Geralt wished to be able to feel emotion/love.
I think I would've liked this book if I hadn't played the games, but I don't think I'd like it enough to compel me to read the rest of the series. I read the rest of the series because of how much I enjoyed the games.
Also, play the first game too, it's very different in terms of gameplay but the story is very interesting! it actually took me playing the third game to fully appreciate the story of the first game!
I've read the 2 short story collections and the first 2 novels so far, but I've never played the games so here's my 2 cents if you're interested. So far The Last Wish is definitely my favourite. I really enjoyed the dark tone combined with the fairy tale re-telling vibe and the moralising/philosophising that the (excellent) dialogue gets across. I also thought that the short story format was a pretty unique and original way to start a fantasy series, I've not seen that done before and it really worked. Tbh I was a little disappointed when I got to the novels, because it's got a very different (imo) feel to it. The moralising gets a little diluted and the dialogue loses a bit of its snappiness. I also kinda thought that the plot was paced too slow and the fairy tale aspects went missing, but both of those are personal preference things. I liked it enough to be carrying on with it, but I don't feel like I've got the same love for it that a lot of the gamers who read it seem to have.
I figured as much, in regards to people who have invested in the characters already via the games. I certainly don't expect the novels to have the breakneck pace this book did. I'll come back to this after I read some of them and see if I feel similarly.
Andrzej Sapkowski never planned Witcher to be a series. It was kinda a happy accident. It all started as a single story written for literary contest for Polish sci-fi/fantasy magazine called "Fantastyka". Sapkowski got 3rd prize. Readers loved his story very much -they wanted more. So Sapkowski started to write next short stories. Few years later publisher released two collections which are considered prologue to the novels. Just few years ago Sapkowski wrote Season of Storms which is sidequel novel set between events from short stories. It should be read as last, because there are slight hints about saga's ending.
I’m glad he pursued the idea.
To elaborate, it is also worth mentioning that the order of short stories in the books is different to the order they were written in, somewhat. In essence: the first four stories in The Last Wish, are the first written. They were published in magazines, and together with a story "Road with no Return" which does not feature Geralt, but is set in the same world and features charachters that have a strong connection to Geralt, published in a collection simply called "The Witcher". After that, the first stories from "Sword of Destiny" were written, and also published in magazines, and then published as the whole thing. By that time Sapkowski had the saga in planning (which is obvious, as "Something more" is basically the first chapter of the novels) So the first stories were republished, with addition of two new ones, "The end of the World", and " The last Whish", as well as the framing story "the voice of reason" to fill gaps in narrative, as "The last Whish" collection, with explicit intention to become the first book.
@@mancubwwa Indeed. I have that first book called The Witcher signed by the author. :-)
I like this series. But what about ELRIC of melniboue. By Moorcock.
Doesn't matter cause this vid is 2 years old. But before I read the books even as a game only I always found yen as the obvious choice. I found triss to be the far more manipulative of the two. I mean in the previous game she took advantage of getalts amnesia to sleep with him and purposely didn't tell him about his relationship with yen
Yeah the games making Triss a viable choice is probably the biggest breakaway from the books. I don't hate it but it's completely out of character for book Geralt after what already happened between them and how strong the bond between Geralt and Yen is. But I'm okay with treating the games as glorified fanfiction.
When I decided to read this I didn't know anything from the Netflix series. I knew it existed and I've heard all bunch of stuff that it was plagiarizing the Elric series which I read at the time. And still reading btw.. so many books...
Anyway, so I went into The Last Wish with an open mind and almost no information about Geralt or this series - and I had a great time. I've never finished a book so quickly as I did with The Last Wish.
However I am currently reading Sword of Destiny and man what a huge dip down that one is in comparison to The Last Wish. Am I the only one thinking that?
A lot of people prefer The Last Wish over Sword of Destiny, me included. I don't think it's a huge drop in quality though, the stories are still solid, and contain some of the most memorable moments in the series for me (the dragon plot, Geralt meeting Ciri in Brokilon and their reunion in the last story).
And yes, Geralt is the east european medieval fantasy version of James Bond.
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Yennefer is not really well exposed in The Last Wish. You need to read at least the next book to understand the dynamic
I've read Ready Player One and was much dissapointed with the Movie. I hope that does not happen with the Witcher! But I have become cautious! You should be too. Yeah Henry is a big Witcher Fanboy as well - So there is Hope it will be glorious!
What a POS Ready Player One was. So many talk about how great that movie was and I know they didn't read it. As for this, I'll always hope for the best but expect the worst when it comes to adapting the fantasy genre in live action. There's a reason only Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones have pulled it off for fans and casuals. It's a tough nut to crack without devolving into camp.
Yeah! But I guess not many will buy R.R. Martins next Book after the understandable but in parts totally rushed End Story dissapointed so many Fans. The Witcher Books are also only easy to read when you start with the Short Stories and then advance to the Novels. I am happy Netflix is starting with the Short Stories to bind the Viewers!
@@WanderfalkeAT When I started my research fans were adamant I begin with the short stories. Sounds like there was a reason for it.
You may want to check your subs, I was definitely subscribed before but YT unsubbed me.
Team Triss BABY!!!
I usually always bet on Red.
@@mikesbookreviews just finished Sword of Destiny… Always bet on red
Guess I’m in the minority on this one but it draggged for me. Took all month to read it and didn’t even want to finish it. Never played the games. Maybe I should have. Def NOT continuing the series
U only talked about this book for 5 mins in a 18mins video please stick to the point
18 min video and the first 7+ are you rambling about your love of stephen king, proving you came to this as a game only fan, and you love hardcover books? Not sticking around and likely never clicking on any of your videos. Thanks for the time waste
Thanks for watching!