YMMV / Baptism of Fire

• Broken Base: How much of the plot of the saga starts to happen due to Plot Tailored to the Party from this book on is a still hotly debated issue. With the hanse consisting of a Hunter of Monsters, a Pregnant Badass archer, a world-renown bard, a turn-coat knight and a higher vampire, it's hard to tell for sure. Thus one side insists they've got enough flexibility and bases covered to simply power through all sorts of situations and still prevail. The other points out those situations tend to require an oddly specific skills to solve and overcome, that the party just happens to have.
  • Then there is the subject of how much this is intentionally invoked as a parody of such style of writing and plot structure, given Sapkowski's penchant for such humour, or if this is all served dead serious and shouldn't be taken as a joke, given how low-key and subtle it would be as a parody.
• Misaimed Fandom: The relationship between Ciri and Mistle was viewed as a romance between some fans when, in fact, it was a sign of Ciri's severe mental issues and began as flat-out sexual abuse. Of course, Sapkowski also makes it clear Mistle's feelings for Ciri are real, Lima Syndrome or otherwise, and on some level reciprocated.

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