Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

4 reviews

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

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

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

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