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jenbosen's review against another edition
slow-paced
3.75
Points off for too many names, and for making the political and religious history too convoluted. Solid story, it just kept getting bogged down in minutiae that made it hard to keep track of what was important.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
jaskovivich's review against another edition
5.0
Reinmar of Bielawa, a young physician from Silesia gets caught bedding the wife of a powerful knight, who is now set on killing him, and disciplining his wife, Reinmar (Called Reynevan by his friends) starts a quest to find the lovely Adele of Stercza and, in his mind, save her from a dire fate, being confronted with numerous twists, and constantly being called a stupid fool by everyone he meets, and discovering his Brother Peterlin was murdered for possible Hussite Sympathies. Reinmar's quest ends in a way he didn't expect, on his way to Prague, to join the Hussites
The Tower of Fools hit right where all of my interests intersect, Eastern and Central European history, This was an Excellent start to a trilogy, and a great addition to the bibliography of Sapkowski. Much like The Witcher this series takes place in an Eastern European setting (being set in the Historical period of the Hussite wars, where the Catholic church conducted Crusades against Czech follower of Jan Huss and John Wycliffe) this book immediately cemented the series into my all-time favorite series, The historical mixed with fantasy hit a sweet-spot for me. If you like the Witcher, this is definitely worth a read, it is an interesting change of pace but keeps with Sapkowski’s style of writing.
The Tower of Fools hit right where all of my interests intersect, Eastern and Central European history, This was an Excellent start to a trilogy, and a great addition to the bibliography of Sapkowski. Much like The Witcher this series takes place in an Eastern European setting (being set in the Historical period of the Hussite wars, where the Catholic church conducted Crusades against Czech follower of Jan Huss and John Wycliffe) this book immediately cemented the series into my all-time favorite series, The historical mixed with fantasy hit a sweet-spot for me. If you like the Witcher, this is definitely worth a read, it is an interesting change of pace but keeps with Sapkowski’s style of writing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Torture, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and War