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Started off pretty decent, got REALLY dull following military marches and banquets, and then got a bit better at the end. The book ended on a slight Ciri-related cliffhanger, and Geralt seems mostly out of the story now (which is odd, considering that the series is seemingly named for him).

More short stories. Again, not bad, but not great. At least they seem slightly more related to each other this time. I'm a bit surprised that the series seems to be almost as much about Ciri as Geralt, considering that she only got pulled into the story on the last game of the series.

Meh. It was okay. Maybe it loses something on translation. Also, I guess I was expecting a novel, and not a collection of very-loosely-related short stories.

This book recovered well from the last book. The characters seemed familiar, and the author did a good job finishing up most of the story lines from the last 10,000 pages or so.

I have no idea what's going on anymore. I honestly can't tell if some of the characters in this book are new, or if they're from 5000 pages ago and I just don't remember them.

Slightly predictable near the end, but still a good book. I just wish that the Wax & Wayne books were a little longer, since they end too soon. Looking forward to the sequel in a year or two.

The book got off to a slow start, got good in the middle, then lagged off at the end. It also eventually managed to tie Book #5 into the rest of the series (sort of). The series is okay so far. Way too nerdy for 90% of readers though.

Uhtred kicks butt, calls people turds, and saves the day. But now he's getting old, so other characters help him do this a little more. Nothing has changed in this book series. It's still good.

75% nerdy 80s references, 25% plot. Luckily, both are actually pretty cool.

The Saxon Stories books are always good, mindless fun; and this is no exception. Uhtred is still a belligerent, awesome badass.

A few of the stories were pretty good. In particular, the ones by more well-known authors like Abercrombie, Sanderson, Butcher, and Sykes stood out as some of the best.

Lev Grossman's story was lifted almost verbatim from one of his "Magicians" books. Lame.

The historical fiction stories about boring queens were universally bad.

The "Wild Cards" story was really good. Eventually, I need to start reading some of those books.

The George RR Martin novella that told the story of The Dance of Dragons could've been good, but was written in about the most boring way possible. It was like reading a history book.