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Original Title: | Czas pogardy |
ISBN: | 8370540910 (ISBN13: 9788370540913) |
Edition Language: | Polish |
Series: | The Witcher #2 |
Characters: | Dandilion, Yennefer, Triss Merigold, Ciri (Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon), Iskra, Skomlik, Aplegatt, Francesca Findabair, Geralt of Rivia, Emhyr var Emreis, Sigismund Dijkstra, Filippa Eilhart, Margarita Laux–Antille, Tessaia de Vries, Codringher, Fenn, Vilgefortz, Giselher, Mistle, Kayleigh |
Czas pogardy (The Witcher #2) Andrzej Sapkowski
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Title | : | Czas pogardy (The Witcher #2) |
Author | : | Andrzej Sapkowski |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 319 pages |
Published | : | 1995 by superNOWA |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. European Literature. Polish Literature. Audiobook. High Fantasy. Epic Fantasy. Magic |
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Actual rating: 1.5 stars.
I may or may not be a teensy little bit pissed off right now. Perhaps.
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The ranting is strong in this one. Consider your little selves warned.
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Yes, I know, I read this book wrong.
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You're welcome.
I wasn't going to write this review today but there's a slight chance my exoskeleton is going to implode if I don't get this out of my system now, so here goes.
This series started out with one of my mostest favoritest awesomest amazingest Fantasy book ever, aka
The Last Wish. But it all went
desperately downhill from there:
1/ My boyfriend Geralt
stopped slaughtering monsters and being generally delicious.
2/ The series was suddenly plagued by an onslaught of
Murderously Superfluous Blah-Blah-Blah-ing (MSBBB™) so ferocious I momentarily thought I'd been reincarnated as a
sleeping pill.
3/ There were repeated and vicious and deadly
relationship drama attacks.
4/ My boyfriend Geralt, who is kinda sorta
supposed to be the MC for this series (well that's what I thought but I'm naught but a clueless shrimp so what do I know?), ended up having
less page time than a born-again barnacle in a historical romance book.
My thoughts exactly. That, my dear Gertrude, is called a complete and total rip-off.
I thought that this instalment was actually much better than the previous two at first. No monster slaying (because that's obviously too corny and outdated and passé and obsolete and stuff), but
lots more Geralt to be had, which is always, you know, good and stuff. There were
ample amounts of MSBBB™, which means I got to practice my
Superhuman Skimming Skills (SSS™), which was, you know, not so good and stuff. The
plotline was all over the place and the structure of the book a total mess, which was, you know, not entirely satisfactory and stuff. Also, this has to be one of the
worst translations in the history of worst translations (I'm assuming the book isn't as badly written in the original Polish as it is in English but I recently assumed I was going to enjoy reading
The Fifth Season so I guess I can't really be trusted as far as, um, you know, assuming stuff is concerned), which is, you know, not that wonderful and stuff. So, as you can clearly see,
it wasn't that bad at first. I mean, while reading the first 20% of the book I was virtually nearly not quite but almost practically considering rating it
3.758641 and a half stars (the yummilicious backstabbing helped, I admit). Then
feminism started committing suicide over and over again.
The way women are portrayed in this book is simply delightful. Thank you so much, Mr Sapkowski, for offering us such a sharp, acute, splendid, expert, flawless depiction of the gentler sex. I wonder why it is that this magnificent opus hasn't yet become the
official feminist bible. I mean, all you need to know about women is beautifully summed up here: they are either
evil sluts or
treacherous bitches. Or evil bitchy sluts. Or treacherous slutty bitches. They are also quite remarkably
frivolous. And
one-dimensional. And
superficial. This is all so extraordinarily accurate and so fabulously point on I might faint any second now. I mean,
we all know that all women care about is bitching about each other. And bitching about men. And discussing men. And fighting over men. And shamelessly trying to seduce men while wearing barely-there, virtually nonexistent, see-through clothes. And hooking up with men.
And bitching about other women who spend their time either discussing men or fighting about them or trying to seduce them while wearing barely-there, virtually nonexistent, see-through clothes, either before or after hooking up with them.
Ha! Something just occurred to me (yes, it hurt. Very badly)! Sapkowski doesn't devote half the quarter of the third of the time he spends detailing
sluts and bitches' women's
lack of clothing he does
describing what men wear. Strange, isn't? He probably forgot about it. Yeah, he must have. Besides, the men in his story have better,
much more important things to do than worry about silly clothes. I mean, they are MEN, for fish's sake!
They do great, serious, manly things and stuff. They have no time to waste on foolish frivolities. Obviously.
Ha! Something just occurred to me again (if I keep this up I might end up in the E.R.)! There is one woman in this book who doesn't bear the
Worthless Sapkowski Female Seal of Quality (WSFSoQ™). Her name is Ciri. Sapkowski wanted to make her a
badass. So he gave her a sword. And
masculinized the fish out of her. And,
cherry on the cake shrimp on the paella, made her
bisexual/gay. Because a woman
can't be badass and be/act/look feminine. And because
all bisexual/gay women act/are/look masculine.
And now we come to the part of the book I loved most. I'm telling you, my Little Barnacles, Sapkowski gives the expression "saving the best for last" a whole new dimension. Because this crap here? It's
Premium Super High Quality Suicide Inducing Stuff (PSHQSIS™). And Sapkowski saved it for the very last pages of his charming tale. How
sweetly kindhearted of him. And now I am going to spoil the fish out of this book, so beware.
(view spoiler)[So. To summarize. Ciri is
about to get raped by Kayleigh. Luckily enough, Mistle comes to the rescue and chases the loathsome creep off. And what does Mistle do next?
She proceeds to rape Ciri, of course (because that's what girls who have also been sexually abused in the past do to scared, lonely teenagers). Ciri feels
"the grip of fear and disgust" but submits, and later falls asleep in Mistle's
sweet embrace. She wakes up in the morning and all is
fine and dandy because she is no longer
alone and everything is wonderful and the birds are singing and the sky is blue but, weirdly enough, she
kinda sorta feels filthy and tainted (I wonder why) so she goes down to the river and washes herself
"with sharp movements of her hands, trying to remove what could not be removed" and cries but hey no biggie because at least she's no longer alone and stuff so
of course she's going to stay with Mistle because, you know, Mistle saved her from Kayleigh and stuff and, really who the bloody stinking fish cares if Mistle ever so slightly raped her?
And now excuse me while I shoot my little self in the head once more.
(hide spoiler)]
I am so done with this crap.
The end.
No, I will not be reading the rest of this series. Duh.
The end again.
P.S. I'm still pissed as fish about this. Whoever said writing reviews was cathartic is full of shrimp.
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Book 1:
The Last Wish ★★★★★
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Book 2:
Sword of Destiny ★★★
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Book 3:
Blood of Elves ★★★
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Pre-review nonsense]
This book could have paved the way for
Geralt's this series' return in my good graces. It almost did. But that
Bloody Shrimping Ending of Oblivion and Spontaneous Combustion (BSEoOaSC™) happened.
Also, don't get me started on
the way women are portrayed in this book. Unless you want to die a slow, painful, slightly excruciating death, that is.
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Way to Go Mr Sapkowski You Finally Managed to Make Me Give Up on this Series Congratulations Compliment Good Job Well Done and Stuff Crappy Non Review (WtGMSYFMtMMGUotSCCGJWDaSCNR™) to come. Not sure when, though. I think I need to sacrifice a few puny humans to relieve my anger first.
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First thoughts after finished reading:I don't want to judge too quickly, so I'll only rate this book after I finish reading its prequel (which is waiting for me in the library).Still, I need to rant about a certain character: Ciri. I know, she is only a 14 years old girl in this book and teenagers aren't supposed to be mature and considerate and I know her parents and grandmother were killed when she was just a kid and she still has nightmares over the whole traumatic experiences and all, BUT
You know, when I come right down to this series, like any other epic fantasy I've read, it all hangs on how much I get into the characters. No matter what kind of action sequences come around or how much cool magic gets thrown in our faces or what kind of war blows up, I'm still tied up in my love of Geralt, Yennifer, and Ciri. When things get dark and the contempt surrounds everyone, I'm rooting for them. And the bard, too. :) And little miss unrequited. :)After that point, I'm honestly amazed
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Thankfully this had a lot more action and character development to elevate the plot compared to Blood of Elves. As I said previously, this isnt going to be a fantasy for everyone. You have to invest in the slow burn, dense plot that weaves together lots of characters, many of whom never meet, over multiple books. Theres often no immediate pay off, with events taking years to come to fruition. Our three main heroes, Geralt, Ciri and Yen also spend minimal time together (although its a pleasure to
If A Game of Thrones books were penned by Andrzej Sapkowski, he would've written a whole installment on Red Wedding.
Just when I thought the series couldn't get any better. The banter between Ciri and Yennefer warms my heart and their mother-daughter type relationship is amazing. But the action and extra plot contrivances that take place on the side are great. I like The Rats too - they remind me of Peter Pan's bunch of kids.
In this second full-length novel of the The Witcher series, the tale of Ciri, Yennefer and Geralt continues.Ciri and Yennefer are traveling together, Yennefer planning on putting Ciri in the school of mages, Aretuza, where shell learn more about her talent and be safe at the same time. Because people are still looking for the Lion Cub of Cintra despite rumors of her death spreading. We meet people working with Yennefer and Geralt (considering their professions, they were bound to have made
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