Reviews - The Tower of Swallows

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The Tower of Swallows

Andrzej Sapkowski

4.0 AVERAGE

fabbioscarito's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Idk what crack I smoked in 2016 thinking this was a disappointment. Geralt passes Ciri the torch, and it's all the better for it. With her dark deeds yielding dark delights as she must reconcile what she's done and what she needs to do; grappling with internal and external conflict greater than Geralt has had to so far. But Sapkowski manages to weave threads of hope that don't undermine what is a harrowing tale

EDIT: I will caveat that this feels like the weakest translation of the bunch, with clumsy sentences and entire recurring characters not getting description. If you can push through that, you get one of the best Witcher books of the bunch

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zywedodo's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

cleellis's review against another edition

4.0

Slow at time but when it's good, it's really good

angushealy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ndnorthrop's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kurohaneshizumi's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

- This was a really good book.
- Will read the rest of the series for sure.
- Looking forward to more from this author.
- May re-read; will definitely recommend.