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Baptism of Fire
- The Witcher, Book 3
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: The Witcher Saga, Book 3
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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Summary
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But now that dark times have fallen upon the world, Geralt is helpless until he has recovered from his injuries.
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Translated by David French.
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- rachel oliver
- 09-01-20
Dandelion name is miss pronounced
Names r pronounsed in correct it's not hard to pronounce its insulting to the work
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- Blackmixen
- 20-05-20
I mistook the stars reflected in a pond at night..
My comments are going to be about the whole series rather than one book in particular. The reason is they are all pretty much the same anyway and no spoilers are involved.
I eventually got around to listening to this series. This is the first set of books I have listened to without having read the books. I had high hopes having heard so much about them, the games and I really enjoyed the tv series on Netflix. Boy, was I disappointed! To coin the phrase used so often, "I mistook the stars reflected in a pond at night for those in the sky".
Narrated by: Peter Kenny I can't fault him for his story telling. I just wish there was more of a story to tell. Quite how any of these books became popular, I'll never know. They are a waffley, boring meander that at time goes no where and have side characters that are inconsequential and often add nothing to the story. Too much dialogue, too many names to keep up with, not enough excitement. I want a story to draw me in and keep me interested, to keep me wanting to listen or turn the page. Unfortunately, those moments during this whole series seem to be fleeting. I really wanted to like them, but at times found my self shouting, "Get on with it!" It got so bad at times I probably missed better parts because I had switched off mentally and when I came to I didn't care enough to go back and listen again. At times it really didn't matter any way beacuse the story was concentrating so much on nonsensical dialogue that not much had actually happened and I hadn't missed anything of any consequence. I think the whole series could have been condensed into one or two very good books.
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- Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia
- 12-07-21
Great story, great narrator
Another great novel by Sapkowski, seamlessly marrying dark fantasy with comedic relief; I found myself listening to the Dwarfs playing Barrel over and over.
An interesting ironic take on the classic fantasy tale of a group of bold adventures rallying together on a quest to save a fair maiden.
I’ve really grown on Peter Kenny as a narrator starting from the Last Wish to now in the third novel of the series. At this point I couldn’t imagine the series with a different narrator.
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- The Bob
- 20-09-18
Very enjoyable
Much better than the previous one (which I found both slow and hard to follow at times due to all the various sorcerers). This part of the Witcher’s tale is more fun, more interesting, more emotional and generally better. The performance is, as ever, first-rate.
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-12-21
A Story that gets better with each book
Another excellent addition to The Witcher serise. Its Fellowship of the Ring set in the world of the Witcher, a great ensemble of characters coming together in search of Ciri. One of the things I like about this book so much is the new characters not just in the way they interact with each other but how it builds and develops the story. Can't wait to listen to the next one.
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- Hex
- 27-11-21
My favourite of the witcher books
Iv been really enjoying these books and they are what got me iti audio books all together. This one so far has been by far my favourite. Peter Kenny has put on an excellent proformance to.
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- symro
- 17-11-21
The Witcher series is absolutely enthralling.
Some of the best books I've ever read, (heard)! The narrator is simply amazing, the characters are really interesting, the whole story is fantastic.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-09-21
A match made in heaven 😍
I simply and utterly LOVE everything about this book (and the rest in the serie).
I love the lore, the world, all the characters and at last, but definitely not least, I love, I love, I love the narrator! Peter Kenny is the frosting on the cake. ❤
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- Iain Leedham
- 23-07-21
Witcher
Great story excellent performance by the narrator, almost like listening to a full cast of actors
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- Sarah lambourn
- 23-06-21
Brilliant
Loved the book, full off adventure and surprises. The narrator really brings the story alive
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- RomulusRom
- 02-07-18
Peter Kenny brings this world to life.
So far in the story I can not stress enough how much Peter Kenny's talent adds to these stories. Every character is immediately recognisable which makes the conversations between all the different characters so easy to follow and so much more immersive.
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- Agnes Kuczewska
- 11-04-19
Fantastic!
WARNING! Amazing creation. One needs to be careful as when you enter it is hard to come back to real live. 😉 love it!
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- Vukibog
- 02-04-22
Weakest of the Witcher books, but still good
This book is the weakest of all Witcher books just because there are too many war storyline, but it's still good!
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- Ryan Fox
- 31-03-22
Zoltan and Regis bring it to life
This book brought exactly what the series needed, the introduction of new and interesting characters. There are so many side characters in the series
It’s hard to remember who is who. But with these two it’s a totally different story. They both bring a breath of fresh air and comedy which is why this is my favourite of the series so far
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- David
- 01-12-20
Better than previous books, BUT....
It's better, as the headline suggest, better than the previous Witcher books. Better written/translates; Better story and the performance is top notch, BUT the sound engineering is still poor. Like the two previous books this book is also very quiet. And with alot of whispering in the book it's quite hard to hear. One might think it's my age or somerhing, but no, only these Witcher books has such low volume.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-09-20
I love the series
I love the series, its great to see what happens along Gerald's journey and see him grow.
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- Joachim
- 13-02-20
Audio too low
Amazing book, second time through, first as audiobook. Kenny does an excellent performance, but the audio file is insanely low. With volume at the max and headphones I can barely hear.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-02-20
Fillers and loss of story, sometimes
This book was ok, it just felt dragged out sometimes, like the vampire part.
The performance of Peter Kenny is 5/5, the story made me give it only 3 stars.
Plus "baptism of fire" mentioned a bit too many times, especially towards the end (made me think of CinemaCins and there was a "ding" sound for every time these words are spoken) was distracting. It makes you wonder what does Andrzej mean until the very end (before the uneeded book 4 preview). Was this it? No, how about this one? And so on...
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- Anonymous User
- 11-11-19
Great story
I just love these adventures of Geralt and with the narrator you just get sucked into the story.
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-11-19
The best of fiction
Excelent performance, as ussual. I will never be bored with this saga. I recommend it.