Reviews tagging 'War'

The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

13 reviews

opinkb's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault, War, Sexual harassment, and Grief

lqne's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Violence, Child abuse, War, and Torture

mikayladlewis's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Maybe I am being generous with the 4 stars but The Tower of Swallows is maybe the best of the Saga so far. Maybe because of Ciri's character development... I am here for Ciri gaining her independence and owning it. There is a bit more development in Yennefer's character as well. This I liked because she is obviously important but very little time has been spent on her thus far. Two more books left so I am curious to see what my final verdict is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

excepto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Mam wrażenie że Sapkowskiemu, piszącemu książkę w której nic się nie dzieje, a czyny prawie wszystkich bohaterów nie mają wpływu na ostateczną sytuację, udaje się dalej opowiedzieć historię o wielu rzeczach.
Czuję, że im bardziej czytam tym bardziej wiem czemu mi nie leży adaptacja serialowa, wiedźmin to w małym stopniu historia o zabijaczu potworów, bardziej o politycznych intrygach, na szczeblu głów państw, jak i drobnych rzezimieszków. Najgorszymi potworami stałe są ludzie, którzy nie powstrzymują się przed niczym.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Child abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, War, and Xenophobia

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Blood, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Rape, War, and Confinement

starsfall's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Child death, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Homophobia

saltylane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Despite how confusing the jumping around of the narration could be, I did quite enjoy the varying viewpoints used. It was interesting to be able to read all the different characters’ perspectives. There are a lot of cliffhangers and enough intrigue to make me want to keep reading all the way to the end of the story/series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol and War

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Vomit

sarahhoward's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

I...sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, and Ableism

proudtobeabookaholic's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

Häxkarlen Geralt letar efter sin skyddsling och lärling Ciri, arvtagerska till Cintras tron. Tillsammans med ett rövarband lever Ciri för första gången ett fritt liv, utan att någon vet vem hon är eller var hon befinner sig. Men det är inte bara Geralt som vill hitta henne. Båda sidorna i det krig som härjar har insett Ciris betydelse och skickat legosoldater och trollkarlar efter henne...

Som tidigare tycker jag det är mest intressant när vi får följa Ciri. Geralt med följe verkar inte göra några större framsteg i sina försök att hitta henne, men det går inte så mycket bättre för de andra som letar efter tronarvingen. Jag har haft den här boken som sängläsning på kvällarna och då blir det oftast inte så mycket läst innan jag somnar, så det har tagit mig några veckor. Det har funkat bra med den här boken, både för att man vid det här laget känner till karaktärerna och världen ganska bra och för att det har varit ett rätt så långsamt tempo. För mig har det varit en bok att "vila i", som inte krävt alltför stor tankemöda eller varit för spännande att sluta läsa. 

De tidigare böckerna i serien har jag lyssnat på, men Svalans torn fick jag som recex från Albert Bonniers förlag (Gondol är ett imprint inom Bonniers). Det var intressant att se namnen i text och veta hur de uttalades, så jag kan rekommendera att man varvar läsning och lyssning. Jag var inne på att ge den här boken ett medelbetyg, men slutet lyfte den faktiskt en del och gjorde mig mer angelägen om att läsa nästa del!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

camoo3032's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

One of the things I love about this series is the different perspectives that Sapkowski chooses to tell the story from. In this book there are several different perspectives which almost makes the book read as a collection of interwoven short stories. It's very clever and engaging but I did find it disorienting the first time.
It's also the most gruesome novel in the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Pedophilia, Torture, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Ableism, Drug use, and Homophobia

Minor: Confinement, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexism, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Vomit, War, Child death, Classism, Transphobia, Biphobia, Excrement, Miscarriage, Grief, Pregnancy, Abortion, Abandonment, and Sexual content