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-title = "Andrzej Sapkowski's Time of Contempt"
-author = ["Michał Sapka"]
-date = 2024-03-24T22:27:00+01:00
-categories = ["blog"]
-draft = false
-weight = 2001
-abstract = "Saga continues"
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-It's a stain of my honor - I am a Pole, but I've never read The Saga.
-It's not that I've never read any of The Witcher, but somehow I always stopped after the short stories.
-Last year I've decided to finally fix this.
-I am a proud nerd for crying out loud!
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-{{< img-r "sapkowski-time-of-contemt.jpg" >}}
-The classic cover
-{{< /img-r >}}
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-_Time of Contempt_ is the second part of The Witcher Saga, but it's also the 4th book about Geralt and his world.
-Let's ignore the short stories for a second and let's talk about this book in context of The Saga.
-Here it suffers from being the middle child: Andrzej is developing the characters and story, but it lacks a impactful begging and an end.
-I haven't felt like that after finishing the _Blood of Elves,_ as it had a _begging_ and the ending was emotional.
-Geralt reunited with Ciri.
-The story is clearly not over, but we have a kind of closure.
-We know she is safe and ready for what's coming next.
-
-Here?
-Here we have no beginning as it follows the last book.
-It was to be expected.
-But I fail to notice anything new created here.
-Yes, we've got _amazing_ development of Ciri (I can't wait what how her blood heritage will screw over everyone), but nothing more.
-It just moves from scene to scene[^fn:1], not spending any meaningful time anywhere.
-After 300 pages of this, it ends with Ciri joining some random group.
-I guess I will get to know them in _Baptism of Fire_, but I am not yet there.
-Are they good?
-Are they cool?
-Who the hell they even are?
-For me it was a huge let down.
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-But the biggest thing missing in The Saga is humour.
-Both, _Sword of Destiny_ and _Last Wish_ were hilarious.
-It was not on Pratchett's level of humor, but Geralt was amazing when it came to deadpan.
-Moreover, I have no idea how well it translated to other languages, as it was based on Polish humour, but:
-the books were written for Polish reader who was expected to know _Szewczyk Dratewka,_ and therefore the way Geralt dealt with dragon was a funny refernce.
-But this aspect is now completely missingm[^fn:2], but it was what made the short stories for me.
-
-The biggest problem for me however was the fact I saw two seasons of The Witcher TV Series[^fn:3].
-It was terrible and had nothing to do with the book (luckily for me!), but the TV versions of Ciri and Yennefer were irritating at best.
-Their book counterparts are not like that - Ciri is extremely cool and Yen is, well, not so bad - but the visual image is etched in my brain.
-I finally start to have a separate personnas for them, but it was difficult.
-Yes, to some extent Netflix ruined the books for me.
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-I was never a fan of _fantasy_, as I always preferred _SciFi_.
-Give me a blaster or give me death[^fn:4]!
-If I found _Time of Contempt_ as a random book, I would not care for the rest of the series.
-It was ok, but nothing to write home about.
-Sapkowski has a great style and I very much want more, but he has not told anything interesting here.
-I will continue reading The Witcher, but mostly because it **is** The Witcher.
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-I liked reading _Blood of Elves_ much more.
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-I give it 3.5/5.
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-[^fn:1]: ... _No one had a chance to interrupt_.
-    _It was really quite hypnotic_.
-[^fn:2]: We've got **huge** reference to _Enemy Mine_ in the single best part of the book, but it's not funny at all.
-    Sad, scary - sure; but not funny. Just like the movie.
-[^fn:3]: And not an episode more.
-    It was already too much.
-[^fn:4]: If you get the refence know, that I am no longer that type of a person.