Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

22 reviews

geekmom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

This was a very similar book to the previous one in the series

-- once again, we have Geralt riding around randomly pursuing Ciri without any real clue where she is -- but we have more Ciri POV, and a somewhat convoluted storytelling device involving multiple POVs, jumping back and forth between past and present.

However, the whole thing worked well for me, and it was an engaging read.

I liked Vysogota and am sorry he will apparently not be present for the final book in the series...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual violence

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

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

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

trash_reader_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I love how this was written, how all of the storylines bleed into each other in the form of recollections or stories. It was probably one of my favorite things about this book, actually. The amount of times I physically reacted to what I was reading was insane, and I was on the edge of my seat from page one. Despite this being a lot slower paced than the others in the series, I can see this being my favorite out of the other books. There wasn't a moment of peace on the pages, so there wasn't a moment of peace in my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, War, Violence, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery 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

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

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