5 reasons to read The Witcher books

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Hi guys! In this video I look at reasons why you should read The Witcher Sage by Andrzej Sapkowski.
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@JLchevz 2 года назад

Yeah they're excellent. But if you haven't read them, don't expect never ending action and amazing quests to kill monsters and get awesome swords, it's all about the characters and love and war, it's not the classic good vs bad in fantasy, it's more like the story of Geralt and the people he comes to love.

@TheIrishBosnian Год назад

The suspense, though, when waiting for Gearlt or ciri to fight is hype. You're heart races because you know shits gonna get bad-ass and crazy; most of the time, anyway.

@MrMond-gc4rv 11 месяцев назад

yeah learning about the struggles ciri had to go through and how she reacted to losing people she loved was truely amazing

@BlazingFire9 11 месяцев назад

Bruh thats sad......

@BeepBoopFriendo 2 года назад

God I loved this series. It's one that'll age incredibly well and, hopefully, go down as a cornerstone of modern fantasy.

@Sci-FiOdyssey 2 года назад

Agreed

@nostradamus561 7 месяцев назад

@@GeekofMordorBerserk deserves a spot along these three as well

@masteroftheassassins 2 года назад

I LOVE THE BOOKS! And it’s because of the book series that the games and the TV series even exists.

@Nomadestra Год назад

I did it. I ordered the complete saga online. I loved the witcher 3 video game and even though I knew I was missing a lot of plot, the implications of deep political conflict, coupled with how Geralt interacted with many of the characters interested me so much. I'm going to read the whole saga and then take my time to breathe in the witcher 3 and all of its dlc, which I never played when it came out. Can't wait.

@notyourhero1685 10 месяцев назад

how'd that go?

@Quazi-moto 7 месяцев назад

I, too, was introduced to Geralt & Co. through The Witcher 3. I instantly liked the character, even without yet knowing there is a series of books (yes, I've lived under a rock for a long time). It took me a while (too long) to get started on the books, but I'm loving them. I'm only on The Blood of Elves, but plan to devour the rest. When the next-gen update for consoles was released, it motivated me to finish the Blood and Wine DLC, then immediately watch cutscenes and important bits of gameplay from the first 2 games. All this made me start a New Game +, and even though I'm barely into Act 3, I've already spent more quality hours this time around than during my initial playthrough. Now that I know the characters better, it makes the game much more enjoyable to me. Even though they came first, the books are very thick icing on an already delicious cake, just waiting for me to dig in. And I'm sure after reading them, I'll want to complete the game for a 3rd time.

@Nomadestra 7 месяцев назад

@@Quazi-moto I'm on the Blood of Elves right now too, after having read the two short story books. Will say that the friendship between Dandelion and Geralt is portrayed so lovingly. I love the level of detail that goes into showing how regular folk really don't understand the nature of a witcher.

@rodneymckay8860 2 года назад

Andrzej Sapkowski’s story won him 3rd place in a writing competition in the 80’s. His books are amazing. So I wonder what stories that could’ve been better than The Witcher, to win 1st and 2nd.

@PrzemN 2 года назад

Well, I still remember even the cover of the magazine that it was printed first time, being 13 at the time it was published ( I think 1-2 years after the competition? ). I was absolutely blown away by the story and the character of witcher. I had to google all the winners now and I did remember first prize, being a very "serious" story about what it means to be a human, rather strange as I recall. Sapkowski didn't get even 3rd prize btw, he only got "honourable mention" and publication. For me and friends at that time it was crazy that such a great story didn't won. Funny times .... :)

@manucitomx 2 года назад

I shall read them, per your enthusiasm and recommendation. Thank you for everything on this channel.

@_DarkEmperor 2 года назад

In "Time of Contempt" during events at Thanedd Island, it is hinted that age of Yennefer is slightly below 100 years.

@SriyaniPushpalatha-vh2fz Месяц назад

In the tower of swallow she says her age is 94

@spartanhuntergaming 7 месяцев назад

I'm on to Blood of Elves, I am extremely hooked, I were interested in the games first and they pushed my into reading The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny. Geralt's introspective nature really sticks with me, I always find myself at least agreeing with some of his introspective quotes because the resonate with my morality, it is perfectly summed up in the quote from Blood of Elves "To be neutral, doesn't meant to be indifferent or insensitive. It is enough to kill your hatred. Not your emotions."

@freepancakes6011 6 дней назад

I fell in love with this saga

@marcingluszek632 Год назад

10:08 quote from my favourite short story by Sapkowski: "Lesser Evil". BTW try to read Sapkowski in original language ... awesome.

@dash4800 5 месяцев назад

The thing I really like about them so far is they are written in such a way where you get lots of lore and woeldbuilding without paragraphs of author exposition. So far it seems that most of the story is well written conversations and dialog. And the characters talking are always colorful and interesting so it's not a slog to get through. You genuinely want to see where these conversations go and what they lead to.

@markgaskell5370 2 месяца назад

Dan-Dellyon

@Sparkball Год назад

They are absolutely fantastic Anyone wondering about reading order 1. A Grain of Truth (The Last Wish) 2. The Lesser Evil (The Last Wish) 3. The Edge Of the World (The Last Wish) 4. The Last Wish (The Last Wish) 5. Season of Storms (Full book) 6. A Question of Price (The Last Wish) 7. The Witcher (The Last Wish) 8. The Voice of Reason (The Last Wish) 9. The Bounds of Reason (Sword of Destiny) 10. A Shard of Ice (Sword of Destiny) 11. Eternal Flame (Sword of Destiny) 12. A little Sacrifice (Sword of Destiny) 13. The Sword of Destiny (Sword of Destiny) 14. Something More (Sword of Destiny) 15. Blood of Elves (Full Book) 16. The Time of Contempt (Full Book) 17. Baptism of Fire (Full Book) 18. The Tower of Swallows (Full Book) 19. The Lady of the Lake (Full Book)

@ImVeryOriginal Год назад

Season of Storms should be last actually. It was written after all the others and doesn't really flow with the rest. Chronologically that's when the action takes place, but I don't think it should be read like this, particularly since I consider it much weaker than all the other books.

@Sparkball Год назад

@@ImVeryOriginal yeah Season of Storms can be read at the end too. But chronologicallly speaking this is the correct order

@marcingluszek632 Год назад

Just read them by publishing order. It is better to start from short stories, carry on with 5 book saga, and finish with Season of Storms.

@sarah-annehewitt1834 Год назад

Oright so which order should it be in to understand* it the best? Newbie to the witcher 😈

@Sparkball Год назад

@@sarah-annehewitt1834 the one I put in the original comment

@SirStuckey 2 года назад

In my ignorance I assumed the books were based on the games when I first heard there even were books. Because of that I didn't think much about them. Now you've made me want to read them... **checks TBR pile** Thanks a lot

@jimi1701a 2 года назад

Can I ask where the pic at 0:40 is from please? Very cool. 🙂

@Sci-FiOdyssey 2 года назад

It’s a great image! It’s the cover of one the Witcher graphic novels.

@CornelisCees 9 месяцев назад

Netflix inspiring me to read books now because the show they made is soo bad.

@thomasciarlariello3228 Год назад

Witch is polite euphemism of W=B of a class B broom rider of how medieval times they would insert recreational drugs.

@klaudiaparulska232 Год назад

The books are so much better in polish than the translation into English.

@Kitsune-dono 11 месяцев назад

How so?

@blueskysummit6153 8 месяцев назад

@@Kitsune-dono I would imagine because sometimes a true translation isn't possible but not to the extent that the story is affected. I read the books in English and they are still excellent. I think the OP is just showing off their ability to read Polish.

@meanpersona4686 3 месяца назад

@@blueskysummit6153 I read them both in Polish and English. It's not that they're better or worse, but english version has a lot of small mistakes, but also there are some words in polish that don't have a proper translations. It's hard to explain, but I think the way things are worded are "poorer" I guess? It feels sometimes like whoever translated it just chose the first word they found in the dictionary and didn't think much of it. It doesn't hurt the story really, the most important things are said, but I guess the translation lacks certain "colour".

@papej3290 Месяц назад

@@Kitsune-donoI Think it’s because Polish version uses a lot of archaisms and dialects. You can guess a character's social class just by the way they speak. I believe it’s hard to translate

@basementmadetapes 10 месяцев назад

Have tried three times to read this but I really don’t enjoy the prose. The ideas are dope, the characters, setting and situation all well rendered but the prose is rough

@Quazi-moto 7 месяцев назад

I'm sure some of the oomph was lost in translation. After all, they aren't the author's own words. I've heard more than a few people say it's much better in its native tongue. But who can be arsed with learning a new language just to read a series of books?

@basementmadetapes 7 месяцев назад

@@Quazi-moto maybe. But I’ve read translations of all kinds and I never been so disappointed as I was w the Witcher

@meanpersona4686 3 месяца назад

@@basementmadetapes it's true! The english translation is nutoriously devoid of "colour", it's like whoever translated it just got the dictionary and chose the first matching word, without any creativity. It also has a lots of small mistranslations and mistakes. I read both Polish and English versions and the english one is kinda flat. Maybe it's the difference in a fact that slavic and germanic languages are largery different, beacause I heard that translations in other slavic languages are pretty good.

@PR_nick 8 месяцев назад

The Witcher as a charakter is complicated and the world of witcher is eaven more compicated, twisted and full of false clisches... no spoiler - but the vampire...