Tag: the witcher series
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A New Witcher Release with Andrzej Sapkowski’s Crossroads of Ravens
The love/hate relationship I have with the Witcher books is quite serious, but Crossroads of Ravens has done wonders to lessen the hate and balance the overall standings out. This standalone novel shows a different side of Geralt than we’ve seen before, a more naive side perhaps, and in doing so shine a completely different…
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Season of Storms – Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher Standalone Novel
I’ve been trying not to anticipate what this novel could be, stilling my assumptions and pulling myself back from hoping for similarities to his short story works. Thankfully, I can say that Andrzej Sapkowski’s Season of Storms, the standalone Witcher novel, is funny, intriguing, and full of detail. Not only does it ring true to…
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Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Lady of the Lake Ends the Series Like This?
I didn’t know if I would be keeping this title as I drafted it before I read Andrzej Sapkowski’s fifth and final Witcher novel, The Lady of the Lake, but after finishing the novel I think it is pretty spot on. With all that has been happening, all the characters we met along the way,…
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The Tower of The Swallow – The Chilling Penultimate Tale in Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher Series
Things are slowly looking up with Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher series as The Tower of The Swallow provides some compelling and varied storytelling to progress the novels. While it isn’t a leap to say The Tower of The Swallow is my favourite in the novel series thus far, I can admit that things are developing…
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The Energy Picks Up in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Time of Contempt
The actions and grit of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher series has returned in Time of Contempt, a happy sight given the lacklustre beginning in Blood of Elves. However, things aren’t all sunshine and rainbow’s in this addition the series. In fact, Time of Contempt has left me with a bitter taste in my mouth, reconsidering if…
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The Beginning of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher Novels Falls Flat
At last, I have begun the full-length novels in the Witcher series, starting with The Blood of Elves. I admit, I am a little disappointed with the shift in energy and grit this novel has taken from the short stories The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny. While the short stories held a lot of…