Season of Storms by Andrzej SapkowskiMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
My daughter introduced me to the Witcher TV show on Netflix because she knew I liked lute players. The lute player was amusing, but then I ended up enjoying all of the show more than she did. After I'd seen the last episode, I was happy to find the audiobooks in the online library.
I've enjoyed listening to all the Witcher audiobooks. I probably have the right background for them: I grew up on the Lloyd Alexander books, read Tolkien and science fiction and adore Terry Pratchett.
The Witcher hero is fun to follow around: he is brave and strong, clever, honest, flawed and passionate; taciturn, but with a dry sense of humor.
There are some very unpleasant parts of the story but, overall, it is saved by the narrative's underlying sense of humor. Both writer and narrators contribute to this.
Here's a favorite quote from 'Season of Storms':
"and suddenly, quite like in a cheap novel, a turning point in the action occurred..."
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