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panakin 's review for:
The Tower of Fools
by Andrzej Sapkowski
(2.5 stars I’d say) Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to finish a book just so I could be done with it. I really did not enjoy this and it was a chore to get through. The writing was effective, and maybe some of the issues I have with this book occurred during translation but it was tough. In the decades post 2010s I didn’t think I’d be reading what felt like it could’ve been a Tolkien-esque descriptive book without any of the enjoyable characters or plot. There was almost too much world building (small gripe), I absolutely did not appreciate the protagonist’s plight at all and didn’t support any of his decisions or arc - and there was nowhere near enough magic?? I feel like over 549 pages, the plot actually didn’t progress any further than where the book started.
For how this book has been reviewed and sold I feel a little underwhelmed. I also really struggled to get into the characters because their names were so foreign to me (clearly Polish or closely inspired, which makes sense) so I couldn’t wrap my head around the multitude of different characters we were introduced to because I could barely remember them. I disliked this so much there’s no chance for me to even think about reading the second book in this trilogy.
For how this book has been reviewed and sold I feel a little underwhelmed. I also really struggled to get into the characters because their names were so foreign to me (clearly Polish or closely inspired, which makes sense) so I couldn’t wrap my head around the multitude of different characters we were introduced to because I could barely remember them. I disliked this so much there’s no chance for me to even think about reading the second book in this trilogy.