TOSS A COIN = TAKE MY MONEY.
So anyone who has spent any decent amount of time with me knows how I am pretty much obsessed with all things The Witcher right now. The Netflix series, the video game, and perhaps most importantly - the books.
It has honestly been a while since I have been this....hooked on a single subject matter. I want to say...years? It feels good to be able to let myself be completely immersed in something. I missed being sucked in by something. And for the first time in... awhile, it's just for me. I am not thinking how this interest will benefit work, or what my co-workers will think or say about it. It's...a relief.
It's also nice to finally have someone in my life who not only accepts and respects and encourages this. It's nice to have someone in my life to share a genuine mutual interest with.
That said, I am now having to "force" myself to put The Witcher aside (temporarily), so that I may catch up on some other reading. Such as my books for the book clubs that I am in. (One of which I am the moderator)
Yes, I may have originally been interested in the show primarily because of Henry Cavill. (Shout out to my longest lasting celeb crush - hailing back to ...2003!)
I mean in all seriousness and honesty, I have to give a big THANK YOU TO HENRY CAVILL. I have read soooo many books because he was in the screen adaptations for them. Including, The Witcher which is based on a series of books based on the Polish author Andrzej Sapowski. I will give you the heads up, that technically there is the main 5 books with 2 short story collection prequels; however, since the show used the prequel books, I would start with those. Specifically, The Last Wish.
What I have been enjoying about these books, along with the entire franchise really, is that they are set in a complex world, but not too complex that you aren't able to visualize it. There is a familiarity within. This may be because some of the stories are dark twists to some of the classic fairy tales, such as Beauty & The Beast, Snow White, and Hansel & Gretel. I have been trying to share how cool and gritty these are, and yet, almost more realistic. What I am also appreciating with The Witcher World is that despite the books originally being written and published in the 80s-90s and yes, the title character is a male, but the women are just as complex and dynamic and multi-dimensional. They are just as important, if not more so and they are treated that way - not background decoration or flat.
I also highly recommend reading the book while listening to the original soundtrack to the game, The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. Although... the soundtrack to the show is now available, so that is another epic option.
I will give you the heads up though, if you want to read the books, at present the only why to get them right away is an E-Book. The demand for the Witcher is such that the books cannot be printed quickly enough and are on intense back-order! The wait at the library is.... well a wait as well.
And so ultimately, yes, I will happily continue to toss a coin to the Witcher.
LINKS FOR THE WITCHER:
Read The E-Book!
Read The E-Book!
(taken from post: What A Start To 2020)
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