"This is a story about a wise man named Milo. It begins on the day he was eaten by a shark."
Well then... you got my attention!
Update: Nevermind DNF 36"This is a story about a wise man named Milo. It begins on the day he was eaten by a shark."
Well then... you got my attention!
Update: Nevermind DNF 36%
I think that using the "poor young 15yo being falsely accused of rape by the prettiest girl in uni and actually goes to prison" trope is just... Ugh....more
This is exactly the kind of fantasy book I have no more interest in reading.
We like to say that some books you can tell they’ve been written by a man,This is exactly the kind of fantasy book I have no more interest in reading.
We like to say that some books you can tell they’ve been written by a man, well this is one of them. (DNFed at p.165).
I’m tired of ignoring misogyny in popular books or excusing them because they're "old" (1993). This book isn’t even good. So far everything I’ve read was in the TV show (except for this one chapter where he’s talking at a woman. At her because she made a vow of silence…) so you’re not missing out by not reading it.
I don’t want to read books where we get the description of the “small pointed breasts” of a 14yo girl (p.30). Especially if a priestess of the goddess of childbirth, marriage and fertility will make a rape joke because the main character almost got killed by said child (p.34-35). There’s also a 17yo described as pretty well developed (p.88). Also, what’s the obsession with virgins (p.151)?
I get that the author was trying to show that Geralt was a morally gray character but you know that chapter where he talks at a woman? He’s retelling the story of the first monster he killed. A man. A man who was trying to rape a 13yo child. He was told not to get involved in this kind of thing but he decided to save her but she didn’t react the way he wanted. She "threw up, became hysterical and fainted" instead of praising him and sobbing with gratitude so now he "very rarely interferes in such matters". (p.115-116) I don’t find it amusing, I don’t find it interesting.
I’m sure I’ll get comments defending it all by mentioning it’s a sexist world and that I'm too sensitive but that’s not the point. I don’t want to read books with relentless sexism. My review is to let others know that if you don’t want to read a book where women’s asses are pinched in a Temple just because (p.158) and where joking about knocking up a woman before leaving town amuses the main character (p.163)… skip it.
It’s not worth the hype and I’m utterly uninterested in giving books like this my time, money and attention.
I'm giving up on this only 7% into the audiobook because I refuse to finish the year on that bad note.I'm giving up on this only 7% into the audiobook because I refuse to finish the year on that bad note....more
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