The final Witcher novel, and phew, I hate to say it, but I am glad I am done. The Witcher is a very good and very frustrating series to read. I will try to explain. In this novel, we have two distinctly different frame stories happening at the same time. We are far into the future for both of them, and we know one character that is still around, and none of the others. But it also means that all the others are likely dead, […]

In the audiobook of the Witcher books, the narrator pronounces “Dandelion” not like the flower, but as “Dan Dell Eon”. It’s weird and off-putting. It made me wonder two things for the first time in the series. One, is that really how British people say that, and I think the answer is: no. Two, why is that his name? It turns out that the character’s Polish name is Jaskier, which is also what he’s called in the show. This means Buttercup. I wondered after this […]

This is the third of the Witcher novels, and the sixth book of the series I have read now, having completed the two story collections, the digressive novel Season of Storms, and the first two of the main storyline. The throughlines of this book: Triss, Philippa, Keira and other witches are banding together to maybe form a matriarchy? Ciri is in hiding, having joined a roving band, helping her solve the mystery of her past and future? Dykstra is plotting (go figure).   As far […]