/lit/ - Literature

>>23467783
Picked up the Last Wish and loved it
Self contained pulpy adventures of Geralt of Rivia, with a pinch of 90's edgekino
Hell yeah!

Though the Sword of Destiny would be similiar given it was also a collection of short stories
Turned out the short stories all followed a clear sequencial timeline, instead of being random adventures
And the subject was far more inwardly directed, i.e. the focus was on Geralt as a character, his relationships and his self-hating psyche
The monster slaying, grand political conflicts and fantastical shenanigans were there, but just as a backdrop not the meat like in the Last Wish
It's just fucking boring and lame

After that I searched around, and the impression I got is that the Saga books (which take place after Sword of Destiny, which itself comes after Last Wish) are far more like SoS than LW, but not you get even more Yennefer and specially even more Ciri (supposedly Geralt almost even becomes a secondary character in the last ones, with Ciri getting the spotlight)

If that's the case I can see why the opinion that the games are better stories than the books is so prevalent and have to agree

Fucking Sapkowski
Only a drunk pole could take a concept this cool and the drop the ball this hard...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6uVeCzUhw0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYZG9zzdYdY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QxioQQAO9o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrCzp1-MKfs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbiLkcE8nfY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RTSalB5368