I enjoyed the first edition novel for what it is and what it was, was a story telling book. The book introduced my favorite Witcher and his tells of travel and how he came upon all his friends that he later meets in the 5 phases of books. The most memorable story is the child of surprise which was depicted perfectly. Over all I would give this book a 4.5 / 5 if it allowed me too.

I was pulled into The Witcher world with book one and do not want to leave. I am hooked!

I really love this book. It's my first time getting into them after playing the games. The writing is interesting. It's very dialogue-centric and uses more of a narrative approach to dialogue, where the characters speak to serve the story rather than in a realistic manner. It's actually quite an easy read and enjoyable. It's great to see some early backstory for Geralt. If you played the witcher 3 and loved it, but the Netflix show was a let down, definitely give the books a read! I know I will..

Mostly came into this franchise from the video game. So I figured I’d give the original novels and chances and I’m glad that I did. This was really fun to read. It mostly plays out as short stories the lead character, Geralt is telling. It comes together real nice though. Also made it easy to read. I’ve you’ve never read the books or played the games, then know this is for mature readers. Keep away from children. Otherwise, I can’t read to read the next novel.

My wife literally influenced me hard as I do game often and I must say that this book had me hooked from the start. I didn’t think I’d be much into reading in general but the pacing and way this was written just made it so easy to imagine what the scenes looked like with no effort at all. I’m very impressed and with everyone saying the video games are critically acclaimed while also staying close to the source material, I know this series is going to be amazing. Other reviewers will definitely say the same.

While this “beginner Witcher book” was a fun read, I found myself a bit let down by the constant poke and pillage of well-known fairy tales. Being a novice to the Witcher series, I simply did not expect that. Will I continue reading the series? Perhaps. Perhaps not. I’ll give it some thought and maybe someone will read this review and convince me to do so.

I was worried about the translation but needn’t have been. It was well worth the time.

After finishing the third season of Witcher on Netflix I decided to read the stories that inspired the series. I’d seen how bad the story could be written, now I wanted to see how well it was originally written. Thank you Netflix for inspiring me to read a well crafted, entertains story so different from what I watched.

This book was great!

Pleasantly surprised by the book’s pace