Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

29 reviews

obsidianchainsaw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

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

yellowbinge's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Animal death

Minor: Abortion, Sexual content, and Vomit

bellemarier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Rape

shiveryteacup'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal death, Kidnapping, Violence, Stalking, Death, Drug use, Medical content, War, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual assault, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

mcmeiss's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Torture, Alcoholism, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Drug use, Cursing, Drug abuse, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Vomit and War

Minor: Abortion and Infidelity

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

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

marinaxanna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

2.5

probably my least favorite part in the series. it felt like it dragged on and progress felt so slow due to time switches. like a lot of build up to nothing basically, and only in the last part it felt like the plot was finally moving along.

im just waiting to feel that same ‘magic’ i felt while reading time of contempt. it was kind of lost for me in this part with the constant jumping back and forth. loved ciri and yennefers parts as well as geralts. wish all the side characters POVs were kept to a minimum, maybe for intros and interludes only. i get its helpful storytelling to let readers know whats happening in the world by choosing to use different characters but there were just way too many. the story would be stronger by sticking to geralt/ciri/yennefer. dijkstra is SO boring to me, and triss feels/felt underdeveloped (i feel like she deserved better because i loved her moments with ciri in prior parts).

anyway. one more part. i really hope the pace picks up. and more magic! because i think its such a huge subject in this universe and its been kind of neglected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Physical abuse