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Justin Staack@justinstaack
4 stars
Jul 30, 2024

7 Punkte Die Bande der Ratten und die Gespräche der Zauberloge kosten es 3 Punkte. Regis rettete dieses Buch noch auf eine 7.

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sarah@leechlife
2.5 stars
May 24, 2024

Ending was so abrupt I thought my digital copy must have been missing a few chapters. Did anything even happen in this one?

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C. J. Daley @cjdscurrentread
4 stars
May 13, 2023

So I think this top portion will be the basis for my review for all five of the Witcher series (excluding The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny--Kind of, you'll see...) I feel like it took me a long time to read these, when in actuality, I started the first one in January so that isn't really all that long. Some of the way I'm feeling may be based off a lapse in memory though because I read around 95 books around the reading of these so I may be hazy. For starters, I think Andrzej Sapkowski is a phenomenal writer. Secondly, I think David French did an absolutely wonderful job translating these to English. And thirdly, I think the Gollancz paperbacks were amazing--great cover art, nice quality--I actually managed to read them all without breaking the spines. Sapkowski has such a way about his writing that the dialogue in the novels can be truly captivating. He wields it so well that he has honestly created such a wonderful lush lore within his world that really carried the hundreds of pages he wrote. I think that overall, this attention to detail within every word uttered may actually have been in some ways at a detriment to his overarching story. So to speak, his great characters, the companions of the Witcher, and even the enemies, all have this way of leaving you wanting more. However, if you were to pull away all of that and the world's lore, the series itself is kind of about... nothing. I did find myself more than once getting to the end of one of the novels and being like wait... nothing happened? Destiny has brought the Witcher and Ciri together, and yet they are also destined to never be together... it's just the kind of realization that stings. If you read the first book you can skip to the final book for the ending because the others are just more of the same. Luckily for me, as I've already stated, I enjoyed the dialogue and the world building, I drank that sh*t up. It's just kind of weird/funny to realize negative things like that about something you've rated pretty well. Despite all of that, I really enjoyed them. In terms of Baptism of Fire specifically, I loved the introduction of Milva. I think she was a great dynamic character and since my younger days of falling in love with the Lord of the Rings, I love me an archer. Also I love the pure absurdity of Geralt of Rivia--not really being from Rivia--then getting knighted by Queen Meve of Rivia... aka Geralt of Rivia is now legitimate and Geralt in the book itself reflects on that absurdity. That's just Sapkowski having fun and I enjoyed it.

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Carla Hill@zoologycarla
1 star
Dec 15, 2021

DNF at p122 Couldn’t get into this series very well, left this book untouched for about a year before deciding to give up on it.

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Catalina Petre@katalinareads
5 stars
Aug 18, 2021

So far this has been my favourite book in the series.

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Maite Leukering@mleukering
4 stars
Jun 14, 2025
+6
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Eugene@jujinjujeen
5 stars
Oct 2, 2024
+1
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Jiji@notparanoid
3.5 stars
Feb 18, 2024
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François Declercq@spiritofnaoko
4.5 stars
Nov 24, 2023
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Lucija Vidakovic@luc_y
4.5 stars
Aug 13, 2023
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Sandra Tammaru@streads
5 stars
Jul 23, 2023
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Aaron Bach@bachya
4.5 stars
Jan 4, 2023
+2
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Vikram Sreekanti@vikrams
4.5 stars
Nov 22, 2022
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Samantha Jackson@rogue91
3 stars
Sep 30, 2022
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Ricardo@myrddinmorfrenwyllt
5 stars
Aug 16, 2022
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Erin@eyonks
3 stars
Jun 23, 2022
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Daniel Kirwan@dansonofjim
4 stars
May 30, 2022
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Laura@lauravalentine
5 stars
Apr 7, 2022
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Beth Benbow@beths_books03
4 stars
Feb 19, 2022
+5
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Annie@silverspikehell
5 stars
Oct 24, 2021
+4
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Kyle Browder@desertrose8
5 stars
Oct 2, 2021
+4
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Nick Palmer@dettyharry
5 stars
May 9, 2024
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Aayush@b3nz3n3
5 stars
Apr 3, 2024
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Natalie Kulessa @chaosomma
5 stars
Nov 5, 2023

Highlights

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Anna @yoshiskind

Sie fangen mit klugen Reden an, aber aufhören tun sie immer am Arsch

Page 376
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Anna @yoshiskind

Eine internationale Weiberrepublik

Page 308
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Anna @yoshiskind

Denn für Ciri, due Tochter Pavettsd, wirst du hängen

Page 229
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Anna @yoshiskind

Mich soll doch gleich ein kahles Kaninchen bumsen

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Anna @yoshiskind

Und den Göttern sei Dank, denn ich bin nicht auf den Tod aus. Nicht, dass ich mich nicht vor ihm fürcht, aber eins muss ich dir sagen: Sich umbringen lassen, ist keine große Kunst

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