Last Wish

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Andrzej Sapkowski, Danusia Stok: Last Wish (2020, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)

288 pages

English language

Published Feb. 24, 2020 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.

ISBN:
978-1-4732-3106-1
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4 stars (4 reviews)

Geralt de Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer.His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good. . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth. The international hit that inspired the video game: The Witcher.

11 editions

reviewed Der letzte Wunsch by Andrzej Sapkowski

Sehr witzig und packend

4 stars

Dieses Buch beginnt ziemlich genau, wo die Serie beginnt: Geralt jagt eine Striege. Erzählt wird hier viel aus der Vorgeschichte des Hexers, warum er der Schlächter von Blaviken heisst, wie er den Brauch des Rechts der Überraschung anwendet (was später viel Bedeutung haben wird), wie er die Zauberin Yennefer kennenlernt und sie sie verlieben.

Die Dialoge sind oft wirklich witzig. Unterhaltungen laufen oft wie in einem Krimi ab, denn fast alle wollen einem Hexer nie die Wahrheit sagen, selbst wenn sie ihn eigentlich beauftragen wollen. So kommen die eigentlichen Gründe und Randbedingungen immer erst nach und nach ans Tageslicht.

Sehr spannend ist das Buch auch. Aber es liest sich wirklich sehr gut. Ich beschaffe mir umgehend Teil 2.

reviewed Der letzte Wunsch by Andrzej Sapkowski

Solid prelude

4 stars

DE: Nach Serie und Spiel gebe ich mich nun auch mal an die Bücher. Band 1 der Vorgeschichte hat mir gut gefallen, auch wenn natürlich einiges in den Grundzügen bekannt war. Es ist eher eine lose Sammlung an Kurzgeschichten, was ich vorher wusste und dem Lesen keinen Abbruch tut. Einzig mit dem Schreibstil (bzw. der deutschen Übersetzung) werde ich nicht ganz warm.

EN: After the TV show and the game, I will now delve deeper into the Witcher saga by reading the books. I really liked Part One of the prelude, even though most of the general story was already known. It is more a collection of short stories than one continuous story, but I knew that beforehand and enjoyed it nonetheless. Just the writing style (or at least the German translation) is not quit my cup of tea.

reviewed Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

Rather different fantasy, but spoilered by games and tv shows.

3 stars

So, this is a good book, to get this straight right away. It's well-written, the stories are off the beaten path of generic fantasy. Their grittiness reminds me of stuff from the Warhammer universe, lacking completely any sort of pink elven shininess. Sapkowski occasionally borrows from common fairy tales and other well-known material, but he does so in an entertaining way, that strangely fit this world.

However: If, like me, you played the games, saw (at least some of) the TV show, this might well be less enjoyable. Practically everthing in this book is stuff that has "happend" in other media. It's kind of nice to get this "oh, here's where it all comes from" feeling, but it also means that really nothing is fresh. Still, it was a decent read.

reviewed The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher, #0.5)

Review of 'The last wish' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

As many people I started reading this after watching the TV Show (but haven't played the game, yet).

I was scared that it would be too similar to I was already seen but to my surprise, even though some of the events tell the "same story" (on a sense), the events within them are pretty different from what I saw on TV. Different enough I would say.

I did enjoy it though it was short in length, but in exchange you don't necessarily need to continue reading the rest of the books if you don't want to (right away) because it contains a tale per chapter that even if they are a full story when read in full it doesn't put the reader in a position where it needs to read the rest right away.

I recommend it if you like the fantasy genre, is a light read, short and …

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