words in scarlet ink

This is less of a recap/review and more of a story of how I made a huge mistake. Okay, this mistake was actually compounded by several smaller mistakes.

The first mistake was watching The Witcher on Netflix. I got through the first season in 2019 when it came out, because a bunch of fantasy nerds were excited about it, since the series is beloved by a lot of people. I didn’t like the TV show that much, and I love all sorts of fantasy. I also don’t find Henry Cavill a particularly compelling actor but that’s just my personal preference. I have considered several times returning to the series on Netflix, but just can’t really talk myself into it.

I was let down by the show. Andrzej Sapkowski’s series was very popular though, so I thought maybe the book would be better. Which leads me to mistake #2. For whatever reason, I was told Blood of Elves was Book 1. I was lied to. It is Book 3. Soooo. I listened to Book 3 on audiobook and was entirely lost the whole time.

The story might have been compelling, but it was hard to tell because I had no idea what was happening. This was not one of my cozy mysteries where I could read them out of order and still have a pretty decent idea of what was going on. I was going to go back and maybe try with Book 1, but never got around to it. So that’s mistake #3 – I let myself lose interest before going back to read/listen to the first part of the story.

Like I said, the series is beloved by a lot of people, particularly in Poland where Sapkowki’s from and still resides. I googled him and he looks like Santa Claus without a beard, so I’d love to support him in anyway because he’s clearly tirelessly making toys for small children in December. I should go back to them. I just…haven’t yet.