Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

40 reviews

godelewa's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny and War

Minor: Torture and Police brutality

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

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Rape

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

comradehaasboy'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Cursing

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

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

zeppolin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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? N/A

4.0

While I mostly enjoy the Witcher series, it seems to me that there are strange, somewhat sexist vibes in Sapkowskis writing. Female characters almost always seem to have some sexual context. And while a lot of that may be attributed to the overall patriarchal dark ages setting of the story, it often feels very out of place, e.g. when

Yennefer gets hit in the face and the pain “shoots down to her crotch”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence