Review by fabbioscarito - The Tower of the Swallow

fabbioscarito 's review for:

The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

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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