The only reason that I moved my initial rating of maybe 2.5 or 3 star to a 3.5 star is the major cliffhanger at the last chapter of the book. Geralt using his last wish to make Yennefer (a sorceress) to fall in love with him (and maybe have sex with him) during their battle with the djinn? I really don’t get it. However, there is one part of the story which I felt illogical i.e. These adventures were intended to be the flashbacks of Geralt and to introduce Geralt’s acquaintances. I enjoyed reading the adventures of Geralt though it was portrayed in bits and pieces. I understand that the author is trying to bring out the inner conflicts that Geralt is facing but it really fell flat and so bland. There is also not much world building here. But, I think Geralt’s character fell flat to me. In other words, an introduction to Geralt as a character as well as the world building for the main series later on. This book is, as the cover reveals, an “introduction” to the witcher. We followed Geralt, a witcher, who was trained to hunt monsters for a living throughout the book. This is not the only problem I feel in this book. I think the translation created some problems here as I felt that the sentences and language to be not engaging to the audience at all. I understand that this series was published in Polish and translated into English. I picked up this book with high expectations as there will be a TV series by Netflix based on this fantasy series (which was also highly recommended by other book reviewers). Note that, while The Last Wish was published after The Sword of Destiny, the stories contained in The Last Wish take place first chronologically, and many of the individual stories were published before The Sword of Destiny. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good… and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.Ī collection of short stories introducing Geralt of Rivia, to be followed by the first novel in the actual series, The Blood of Elves. His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world.

The witcher book 1 the last wish