excepto's review against another edition
- 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
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.
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
mischastink's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Torture, and Gore
Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape
grrr8_catsby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.0
The Tower Of Swallows, while perhaps the best written book in the Witcher saga to this point, is also the most disjointed. Told in a series of disconnected flashbacks, The Tower Of Swallows does more to confound faithful readers of the series than to serve as a faithful adaption of the penultimate tale. Throughout the narrative, author Sapkowski urges multiple messages of "running out of time" and "no time to spare", but no sense of urgency is truly felt by the reader. In fact, new characters and plot threads are introduced halfway through the book with only slight teases as to how they connect with the overarching story. With one main saga entry remaining after The Tower Of Swallows, lingering plot points feel more swept to the side than satisfactorily concluded.
It is almost certain that at this point "The Witcher" refers to Ciri, as Geralt is barely afforded a short passage in this book. This is not a bad thing; the character has unfortunately undergone stark character assassination over the last few books, changing from the once rough, tough, badass, morally gray witcher to a cranky, pouting, conservative-valued hiker-with-a-sword. Geralt-containing passages are best told through Dandelion, Regis, and Milva, who shine together as an ensemble.
I did not enjoy the plot to The Tower Of Swallows; truthfully, the only thing saving it from a lower grade is the quality of the writing itself.
Moderate: Sexual violence
pensandpicks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence
camoo3032's review against another edition
- 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
It's also the most gruesome novel in the series
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
upthestairs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual assault, Classism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Animal death
Minor: Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Infidelity
superwhalen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Sexual violence
chronographia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I find it interesting that the author starts using different cadencing and storytelling frameworks to set the various storylines apart. This is useful up to a point, but you are also likely to want a flowchart of characters and events. It’s repeatedly emphasized that this is all running to a particular schedule, with significant dates to mark the pace. Even though the storylines are broadly independent in their flow, still their actions (and inactions) have effects that ripple throughout. It can be tricky to see how they all sync up together, but the author indicates that this is important, so maybe take some notes.
PS: Cahir is unexpectedly growing on me.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, and Xenophobia