Blood of elves

315 pages

English language

Published Dec. 18, 2008 by Gollancz.

ISBN:
978-0-575-07784-3
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OCLC Number:
232712894

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"For more than a hundred years humans, dwarves, gnomes and elves lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over and now the races once again fight each other and themselves: dwarves are killing their kinsmen, and elves are murdering humans and elves, at least those elves that are friendly to humans. Into this tumultuous time is born a child for whom the witchers of the world have been waiting. Ciri, the granddaughter of Queen Calanthe, the Lioness of Cintra, has strange powers and a stranger destiny, for prophecy names her the Flame, one with the power to change the world, for good, or for evil. Geralt, the witcher of Rivia, has taken Ciri to the relative safety of the Witchers' Settlement, but it soon becomes clear that Ciri isn't like the other witchers. As the political situation grows ever dimmer and the threat of …

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Review of 'Blood of Elves (Saga o Wiedźminie, #3)' on 'Goodreads'

Blood of Elves is chronologically the third installment of the Witcher series. I probably shouldn't have started with this book.

Nevertheless, I can say I thoroughly enjoyed it. It really reminded me of the brilliant series "A Song of Ice and Fire". The book has a great deal of world building, and the author even came up with his own language!

Additionally, the author uses a great variety of words, sending me to the dictionary countless times. And last but not least, the story is well written and made, the dialogue occasionally gets a chuckle out of me, and the story manages to make me forget time and space, as I'm completely getting moved into this story, this universe.

Review of 'Il sangue degli elfi' on 'Goodreads'

4.5 stelle.

"La magia ti tende la mano, Ciri. A te, strana bambina, Sorpresa, Figlia del sangue Antico, il Sangue degli elfi. Strana bambina intessuta di Movimento e Cambiamento, Distruzione e Rinascita. Destinata e tu stessa destino. La magia ti tende la mano da dietro la porta chiusa. A te, granellino di sabbia begli ingranaggi dell'orologio della Sorte. Tende le sue grinfie verso di te il Caos, che non sa ancora se diventerai uno strumento o un ostacolo ai suoi piani. Ciò che ti mostra in sogno è appunto questa incertezza. Il Caos ha paura di te, Bambina Sorpresa. E vuole fa sì che sia tu ad averne."

Dopo il precedente volume che non era altro che la seconda raccolta di racconti e che non mi aveva convinto molto, non sapevo cosa aspettarmi da questo primo romanzo.
Partendo dal presupposto che questo libro non ha una fine, come ha scritto …

reviewed La sangre de los elfos by Andrzej Sapkowski (La saga de Geralt de Rivia, #3)

Review of 'La sangre de los elfos (La saga de Geralt de Rivia, #3)' on 'Goodreads'

Reseña completa: markapaginas.blogspot.com.es/2014/03/la-sangre-de-los-elfos-andrzej-sapkowski.html

Estamos
ante una novela formal, Sapkowski ha dejado de lado el retelling y ha formado un mundo propio con una identidad. Se nota mucho más cohesionado, más marco de acción y menos pretexto para tener un fondo.

He de decir que he disfrutado mucho de este libro, aunque ha habido un detalle que Sapkowski podría haber explotado y haber hecho un giro muy, muy interesante. Pero no ha sabido ver el potencial en esa subtrama (confirmada en el siguiente libro) y eso me ha dejado un regusto un poco amargo por lo excesivamente simplista del hecho y las excusas. Tal vez me he acostumbrado mucho al estilo de Brandon Sanderson y me esperaba algo más sorprendente.

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