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| Title | : | Czas pogardy (The Witcher #2) |
| Author | : | Andrzej Sapkowski |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 319 pages |
| Published | : | 1995 by superNOWA |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. European Literature. Polish Literature. Audiobook. High Fantasy. Epic Fantasy. Magic |
Andrzej Sapkowski
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Actual rating: 1.5 stars. I may or may not be a teensy little bit pissed off right now. Perhaps.① The ranting is strong in this one. Consider your little selves warned.
② Yes, I know, I read this book wrong.
③ 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 No monster slaying (because that's obviously too corny and outdated and passé and obsolete and stuff), but lots more Geralt to be had, which is always, you know, good and stuff.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
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.
· Book 1: The Last Wish ★★★★★
· Book 2: Sword of Destiny ★★★
· Book 3: Blood of Elves ★★★
[Pre-review nonsense]
This book could have paved the way for
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.
➽ Full 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.
Define Books Concering Czas pogardy (The Witcher #2)
| 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 |
Rating Appertaining To Books Czas pogardy (The Witcher #2)
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The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski is the second book in The Witcher Series. Rumor has it that the show will only consist of The Last Wish, Sword of Destiny, and Blood of Elves. So now I am ahead of the game!For those just tuning inGeralt is a witcher. He is made to take down the most ferocious of monsters. Now his destiny lies with Ciri, a young girl whose future will determine the fate of the world. He must protect her at all costs. However, war has been declared everywhere. There are4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum http://bibliosanctum.com/2015/08/09/a...For the first time ever, the English translations of the novels in Andrzej Sapkowskis The Witcher Saga series are being made into audiobooks, and I have been enjoying them immensely. Thus far, four Witcher books have been published in this format, including the short story collection The Last Wish. Today Ill be reviewing The Time of Contempt, the second full-length novel in the sequence.The story beings where Blood of
This was amazing.After almost nothing really happened in Blood of Elves, there is a lot happening in this one. Yennefer and Geralt reunite, Ciri is still in danger but isn't that aware in the beginning, there are new great characters and all of this is told in wonderful little occurrences that made me happy, even though near the ending the book got really intense.I always love Sapkowski's style of writing characters and dialogs and how he has a partly poetic suffisticated writing style but
I'm so bummed. This series really isn't capturing my imagination and soul like I anticipated it would. I think I expected more monsters. More Geralt. More of a linear story. This is all world-domination and switching POVs and political conniving. I'm going to do it, guys. I'm going to finish this series! The awesome game franchise is owed that much on my behalf. But I'm just super bummed on this one. Dare I say, I may actually...enjoy the games more? *le gasp!*Also, WHAT THE HECK WITH THIS
After reading Blood of Elves, I was hooked! I could not wait to get my hands on The Time of Contempt. Let me tell you, it did not disappoint. The action is non-stop! A war which was on the horizon in the first book is now in full force. And those that are trying to capture Ciri are getting closer every day. In book two we get a glimpse into why she is being hunted. Geralt The Witcher , is still trying to protect her from falling into the hands of those who want to use her powers for evil. If
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.
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