Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

12 reviews

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

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

kirj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit

saltylane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

Despite how confusing the jumping around of the narration could be, I did quite enjoy the varying viewpoints used. It was interesting to be able to read all the different characters’ perspectives. There are a lot of cliffhangers and enough intrigue to make me want to keep reading all the way to the end of the story/series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol and War

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Vomit

spacerkip's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

I...sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, and Ableism

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

tilo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Auch dieses Buch der Hexerreihe führt fort, was die Vorgänger geschaffen haben. Die Komplexität der Charaktere und wie sich alle Plotstränge in der Welt zusammenfügen sind unsagbar beeindruckend. 
Vysogota habe ich als neu eingeführten Charakter sehr lieb gewonnen und habe die Szenen mit ihm sehr genossen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia, War, and Suicide

upthestairs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

annick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Fractured narrative from multiple perspectives (eg kenna to coroner). It helpfully disorients the reader and grasp at what they can to follow the present action. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Vomit