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nsfinch 's review for:
The Tower of Swallows
by Andrzej Sapkowski
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have to start by saying that Peter Kenny is one of the greatest audiobook narrators of all time. He can do every single one of the hundred accents native to the British Isles, plus most of the ones from the rest of Europe, too. He gives each character in this character-stuffed epic their own personality through his vocal magic. I’m going to look for other audiobooks he narrates just to keep hearing his amazing work.
The writing and translating of this series continues to be good, although the storytelling continues to be kind of hard to follow. This book is mostly told in various conversations between characters, relating incidents out of order to the reader. The more of the series I read, the more I think that the TV adaptation is much more clever than I realized. I think they started with the whole series in mind and switched up the chronology a bit to make it easier on the viewer. Reading this book makes me want to both continue with the series, and then rewatch the TV show.
Content warning for rape and threats of rape and bragging by rapists. There is entirely too much rape in this whole series!
The writing and translating of this series continues to be good, although the storytelling continues to be kind of hard to follow. This book is mostly told in various conversations between characters, relating incidents out of order to the reader. The more of the series I read, the more I think that the TV adaptation is much more clever than I realized. I think they started with the whole series in mind and switched up the chronology a bit to make it easier on the viewer. Reading this book makes me want to both continue with the series, and then rewatch the TV show.
Content warning for rape and threats of rape and bragging by rapists. There is entirely too much rape in this whole series!