What in your opinion is the biggest flaw or flaws your favorite book has that otherwise would have made it a better read?

The Witcher Saga is one of the greatest high fantasy series ever written. Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri are such well-realized characters, and their "found family" is just so goddamn adorable. Geralt's character, in particular, is incredibly nuanced and compelling, especially in the story in The Last Wish where he earns the moniker >!The Butcher of Blaviken<!. It's one of the best short stories I've read in my entire life.

The plot is incredible; the pacing and tension are peerless -- I read Blood of Elves in two days. The world-building is so unique and wonderful, from the subverted fairy tales to the plethora of monsters that Sapkowski draws from Eastern European lore. It's a substantially feminist story and wonderfully sex positive. Sapkowski addresses themes of love, war, and murder-for-hire with incredible nuance. I cannot possibly wax poetic enough about these books.

...HOWEVER...

I was truly, deeply horrified when I found out in Lady of the Lake that the reason the Elves and the Nilfgaardians both sought Ciri was so they could either literally or medically rape her and produce offspring of Lara Dorren. The scenes where the Elven king Auberon obtained Ciri's invalid consent to sex through duress were some of the most cringey words ever put to page. Even further, the Nilfgaardian emperor who authorized Vilgefortz' attempted medical rape is Ciri's FATHER. Her father wants to marry and have a child by his own daughter. What the actual fuck is wrong with you, Andrzej Sapkowski?!???1!?

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