Ross (3284 KP) rated Sword of Destiny in Books
Jul 26, 2018
While this time there is no over-arching story linking them together this is to the book's credit. I got annoyed with the Last Wish/Season of Storms's clumsy attempt to sew together a number of different stories - like those old episodes of a sitcom that was just a hashing together of different flashbacks. Though it does mean you could struggle with the chronology, but I think assuming the stories are after the Season of Storms is a safe bet.
All of the stories are reasonably exciting, but Sapkowski does have a tendency to start these stories with the Witcher's triumph over another creature, and focus on the aftermath - sometimes you long for the thrill of the preceding hunt.
The final story, which I feel is the main link into the first book, includes a number of sections where the Witcher is hallucinating. The segue between these isn't always clear, and while this adds to the atmosphere and feel of the Witcher being drugged, it does leave you a little confused at times (though this passes briefly).
A good set of stories and a decent translation with few clunky parts.
I would recommend these are read after the main books (i.e. in published order) - while I haven't read those, I have probably taken some characters/stories for granted and not appreciated how they feed in to the overall canon of Witcher works (without googling for spoilers).
Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list
Nov 25, 2017
Politics plays the leading role in this week’s list of recommendations, starting with Joe Biden’s memoir about his son Beau’s death from brain cancer in 2015:
Catapult: Stories
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"Fridlund writes of families, marriage, and childhood as if our received wisdom--what we thought we...
fiction
The Last Ballad
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The author of the celebrated bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home returns with this eagerly awaited...
Historical fiction
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
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This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to...
The Shadow District
Arnaldur Indridason and Victoria Cribb
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OLD CRIMES, NEW CONSEQUENCES THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled...
mystery crime
President McKinley: Architect of the American Century
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"A deft character study of a president."--The New York Times Book Review "A valuable education on...
biography history
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Shaun Collins (3 KP) rated Star Trek, Volume 10 in Books
Jan 12, 2018
Hacking Hunger
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Hidden, human stories about food on the front lines of hunger. Produced by World Food Program USA.
Crafted Recordings Podcast
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Stories of magic, wisdom, and resistance. Unexpected Music. Found sounds. Woven together into...
Kids Jewish Podcast
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A daughter and her dad talk about everything Jewish: Holidays, Shabbat, Stories, Songs, Jokes and...
Current Geek
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Current Geek, with Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt, covers the most interesting geeky stories with...