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The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)

Andrzej Sapkowski,

Danusia Stok (Translator),

Peter Kenny (Narrator)

Start date: October 1, 2017

Finish date: October 31, 2017

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Jan 16, 2018 Danielle The Book Huntress rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2017-dangerous-hero-challenge, favorites, fairy-tale-theme, monster-hunters, scary-sexy-cool-dangerous-hero, dark-fantasy, owned-copy, slavic-folklore, folklore, short-story-collection

"The Last Wish" is a collection of stories about Geralt Rivia, the Witcher, whose occupation is to deal with monsters. This is a frame story in which other stories are the memories that the protagonist recalls as he recovers from a nearly fatal wound.

Readers who enjoy dark fantasy, fables, and fairy tales will love this book. The author retells some well-known fairy tales with ingeunity, such as "Beauty and the Beast" , "Sleeping Beauty," "Rapunzel", and "Snow White", and he also offers unique ...more

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Sep 25, 2009 Mike (the Paladin) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

A good read. It inspired a computer game(some will be impressed one way and some another by that...and others will say "so what". Probably the best reaction i suppose). I found the book enjoyable with a couple of weaknesses. This is a good idea, I think (and this is only my opinion) it could have been handled better. For on thing I'm just tired of stories about "the last" whatever. The last dragon, the last fairy, the last elf...on and on. Here we meet the Witcher. A sort of sorcerer/warrior who ...more

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Jan 01, 2009 Stephen rated it it was ok

Shelves: supernatural-spies-and-slayers, short-fiction, 1980-1989, fantasy, single-author-collections

2.5 stars. The first book in the Witcher series. I really enjoyed the premise and the I think the potential is there for some excellent stories. Unfortunately, I wasn't overly impressed with these tales. Decent, but not great. ...more

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Dec 02, 2019 Alan rated it liked it · review of another edition

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The reason I chose this as my next audiobook (aka the way to cheat boredom during the afternoon commute) is the upcoming Netflix series. I am prone to compare the source material against the television show, or movie. While I may question if Netflix will spring for the budget necessary to make this work, I do understand why the books and video games have become so popular.

Geralt is an engaging character, and the author and book's reader combined to get that across. Oh, Geralt may come off as wor ...more

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Aug 17, 2012 Dusty rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Excellent, no let down from Sword of Destiny. Last Wish drew more from Grimm Fairy Tales as some of Geralt's flashbacks were interesting variations with surprising twists. I really enjoyed the stories with Geralt and his friend, the troubadour Dandilion. They're a funny pair with their sharp contrast in personalities and their relationship is one of the most consistently entertaining aspects of the stories so far. I wonder how it will figure in to Blood of Elves which is a long form novel where ...more

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