"Baptism of Fire" - the Witcher saga #5
My first book in 2022! Spoilers below!
Sabrina: "I don't".
A mage: "Well then, let us talk briefly about it..."
(ten page story)
- It's book 5 and how many time Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri spent together? They're either completely separeted from each other or two of them meet, but not the third one. The producers of the series must have thought it's a nightmare.
- I wonder what book fans will say about Ciri's relationship with Mistle in the show that will surely be shown in more explicit way. "You change so many things and this is what you decided to do by the book?" "Sapkowski never wrote they (any activity from the show)!" "Be subtle!" "So many other things happened in the book and they waste time giving them so many scenes!"
- I laughed when Geralt became Geralt of Rivia.
- I liked many dialogues and even some philosophical ones I'm not usually a big fan of. The conversation about vampires was funny.
- Milva is not the Marilka from the Butcher of Blaviken story, is she? I'm still bad at dates and chronology, but I think Milva's too young for it to be true.
- I have mixed thoughts about the talk about abortion. First, they talk it's 100% her choice, and then they say someone has to go and talk to her and then she says she considers it a murder! I know, I'm sensitive about the topic and really don't need a story when a group of men talks a woman out of it right now. I can't help but think if Milva really wanted to continue her pregnancy, she wouldn't go with Geralt in the first place.
- Does everything in this saga have to be told to someone, instead of just happening? It has its charm, but becomes annoying sometimes. It's another nightmare for the show's creators. And exposition. So many people complain about some scenes in the show being pure exposition, but Sapkowski isn't better:
Sabrina: "I don't".
A mage: "Well then, let us talk briefly about it..."
(ten page story)