/lit/ - Literature

>>17464845
I have said it once, and I will say it a thousand fucking times: pic related is a hundred times better than the Witcher.

The major problem with the Witcher Saga is that Sapkowski literally didn't know how to write a novel when he started writing it--Blood of Elves is just a series of Vignettes connected by the barest hint of a plot, and the first Witcher novel that is actually well constructed is Baptism of Fire. There's also an underlying hint of cynicism beneath the whole thing; his tendency to use English-sounding names and places (many of which contain the letter V, which isn't used at all in Polish) makes me think that he just couldn't wait for the books to be translated into English.

Meanwhile, by the time he wrote the Hussite Trilogy, he had already written the Witcher Saga, meaning that he actually had experience writing, pacing, and developing a novel. The end result is a series that feels much tighter and better-constructed, and it helps that, as the Trilogy is a Picaresque, and not a work of "epic" fantasy, it leans into his strengths (Characterization, dry humour, the creation of individual scenes) much better than the Witcher ever did.

Its a shame that the Trilogy's English Translation is hot fucking garbage.

Since the English translation is coming out soon, I got to ask: have any of you Polacks read this? And if so, what did you think?

Pic related.
Set in lower Silesia during the time of the Hussite Wars. Weirdly funny, and presents a fascinating picture of eastern/central Europe during the 1400s.

It's getting an English translation soon. I can't wait to see how badly they fuck it up.

>Childhood is venerating Witcher series
>Adulthood is realising Hussite trilogy is superior, and has bonus of not having to hear stupid drama around it every second day, and none of "Yeah I loved playing it, Red Baron is so cool" shit.