author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 2016/09/05
date added: 2016/09/05
shelves: sword-and-laser
review:
'The Last Wish' by Andrzej Sapkowski is the first book in the series that inspired the hit video game The Witcher. I'm familiar with the character but never played the game. Based on how much I liked this book, I might have to give it a shot.
Geralt of Riva is a witcher. He is good at killing monsters and makes his living getting hired to do that. When we meet him in this book, he has been doing this for a while. This book is laid out like a series of shorter stories with a framing story. Geralt has to unbreak the curse of a king's daughter. He meets a man who has been cursed to live as a beast. There is a village with a demon living in the fields. A djinn threatens to tear a town apart.
What i know of the character is that he's a white-haired, scarred, very grim looking character. What I learned from the book is that he is very good at what he does, but he is not a one-note character at all. He has his lighter side. He makes mistakes. He has friends and people he loves.
I loved the book because the stories were twists on mostly familiar fairy tales. Geralt has to figure out how to win the day and not kill the wrong creature, or be killed. I'm glad I got a chance to read this.
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