I am already recommended both of these books to four people who I know have played and enjoyed the game.
Ohh if I must.Īll in all I thoroughly enjoyed the first two installed of The Witcher novels and have get the third book – the first full novel – Blood of Elves waiting patiently to be read. While Geralt himself says he does not get involved in politics, it is clear from the shorts that his actions will have far reaching consequences – but I guess I’ll have to read the others to find out more. A few potential future story lines are hinted at in some of the shorts by Sapkowski’s ability to create a functioning world as a back drop to the larger story. Typically of the fantasy genre as a whole the world surrounding Geralt is beautifully described and some of the histories, myths and beliefs of the society are hinted at throughout each perfectly written short.
In these books I was introduced to some characters I had already met in the game, instead of taking away from the story – as I knew how their relationship would end up – I think this added to the tale as I was given an insight to their early relationship, which has obviously helped to form the one I have seen in the game. Some of the monsters and beasts in his world differ greatly to traditional archetype we usually read about/see, they have humour, emotion and sad back stories to tell. Each short story follows Geralt of Rivia meeting new and old friends, and going on jobs – Geralt is something called a Witcher, “something more” than a man he uses his mutant abilities to kill monsters that prey on innocent humans, for a price of course.īoth books read like adult fairy tales, this is echoed in the influence of traditional fairy tale plots that Sapkowski has evolved to illustrate the nature of the people, monsters and beasts that populate the world. As they are each a collection of short stories I felt it was appropriate to combine the two. This review covers the first two books, The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny. It was in 2008 the books were first available in English. The Witcher books are not tie-in novels as you usually find with game/novel releases, the first Witcher book The Last Wish was first published in 1993 while the first game came out in 2007. I am aware I have done this in the wrong order, but I don’t care 🙂 After having finally finished the game (I know, games take me ages to play as I only really play about 3 hours a week, if that), I decided it was time to read the books. Like a lot of people over the last 2 years, I have spent many an hour traversing the vast, varied and beautiful landscapes in Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt.
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