Blood of Elves, by Andrzej Sapkowski Synopsis: A series of vignettes mostly centered on a magical girl, used to build a fantasy world setting. Book Review: The most important thing about this book is that it is not a novel. It is a series of short stories that have some characters in common, but no central narrative arch. These short stories are used to build a very deep background setting for a much longer story that I assume we will get in the following books in the series. As such, it's really hard for me to judge this book. Normally one can judge a short story by how well it accomplishes its goal (usually of making the reader feel something special and powerful). But the goal of these short stories isn't that. There is entertainment along the way, to be sure! It was an absolute blast reading through the "Three Men and a Baby"-style story where these grizzled old mercenaries are trying to figure out how to care for a young girl. :D And the action is well written, when it happens. But the story goals here are almost entirely for creating a world. I've written before about
SF/F Review – Blood of Elves
SF/F Review – Blood of Elves
SF/F Review – Blood of Elves
Blood of Elves, by Andrzej Sapkowski Synopsis: A series of vignettes mostly centered on a magical girl, used to build a fantasy world setting. Book Review: The most important thing about this book is that it is not a novel. It is a series of short stories that have some characters in common, but no central narrative arch. These short stories are used to build a very deep background setting for a much longer story that I assume we will get in the following books in the series. As such, it's really hard for me to judge this book. Normally one can judge a short story by how well it accomplishes its goal (usually of making the reader feel something special and powerful). But the goal of these short stories isn't that. There is entertainment along the way, to be sure! It was an absolute blast reading through the "Three Men and a Baby"-style story where these grizzled old mercenaries are trying to figure out how to care for a young girl. :D And the action is well written, when it happens. But the story goals here are almost entirely for creating a world. I've written before about