Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

6 reviews

sheiksleopardthong's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is easily my favourite of the novels so far. It dances between POVs expertly, and plays with the timeline of each POV in a very fun way. It also brought back more of the fairytale feeling that was mildly present in Blood of Elves. Cahir and Regis are also some of my favourite side characters so I loved getting to know them so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Murder, War, Blood, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Racism

breamfish1138's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

Such a confusion of plotlines that it's basically fantasy Pulp Fiction but if you can get past that it's an extremely well written dark fantasy (read the first books first, though, or you'll be confused). Also,

Leo Bonhart is one of the most compelling evil bastards in literature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Emotional abuse, War, Vomit, Blood, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Miscarriage and Injury/Injury detail

tupsukorva's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Gets better towards the end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content

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

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

rachaelbunny's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Slavery, Sexism, Sexual assault, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Torture, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Rape

Minor: Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia