The Tower of the Swallow
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- Author：Andrzej Sapkowski
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Summary
Ciri staje przed swoim przeznaczeniem。 Drakkar wiozący Yennefer trafia w oko czarodziejskiego cyklonu。 Czy wśród przyjaciół wiedźmina ukrywa się zdrajca？ Czwarta， przedostatnia odłona epopei o świecie wiedźmina i wojnach， jakie nim wstrząsają。 W zagubionej wśród bagien chacie pustelnika ciężko ranna Ciri powraca do zdrowia。 Jej tropem podążają bezlitośni zabójcy z Nilfgaardu。 Tymczasem drużyna Geralta， unikając coraz to nowych niebezpieczeństw， dociera wreszcie do ukrywjących się druidów。 Czy wiedźminowi uda się odnaleźć Ciri？ Jaką rolę odegra osnuta legendą Wieża Jaskółki？
Reviews
Jessica Alcantara
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No livro anterior， vimos uma diminuição do ritmo， com planos começando a se formar， e os indícios da importância ainda maior de Ciri。 Neste livro， os planos são postos em ação e da própria Ciri tendo que passar por muita coisa e percebendo a própria importância no panorama geral。A narrativa com pontos de vista alternados é muito interessante， às vezes parando em um ponto da história para ser retomada posteriormente， quando vimos mais outros tantos e temos as informações necessárias para compreen No livro anterior， vimos uma diminuição do ritmo， com planos começando a se formar， e os indícios da importância ainda maior de Ciri。 Neste livro， os planos são postos em ação e da própria Ciri tendo que passar por muita coisa e percebendo a própria importância no panorama geral。A narrativa com pontos de vista alternados é muito interessante， às vezes parando em um ponto da história para ser retomada posteriormente， quando vimos mais outros tantos e temos as informações necessárias para compreender o desenvolvimento。 Algumas histórias podem parecer desconectadas inicialmente， mas logo vemos como elas se encaixam。Enfim， é possível ver como as peças vão se movendo em uma indicação de algo maior que está por vir！ Muito empolgante！ 。。。more
Wiebke （1book1review）
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I liked it but mostly lost interest or was distracted a lot while listening。 Not doing the book any service。 This book will work much better for people who enjoy epic fantasy and many characters。 I think listening to it is not helping with all the changes between characters， time and places。
Erica
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Finally some forward motion！
Miriam
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An idealist！ A witcher。 A professional。 A hired killer。 But an idealist， nonetheless。 And a moralist。 That’s dangerous in your profession， witcher。 A sign you begin to outgrow your profession。----After years of fruitless searching， Ciri has been found – by a ruthless， sadistic bounty hunter。 Geralt and Yennefer are far away and unable to help。 As Ciri’s enemies circle and plan， it is down to Ciri to make her own fate。I’ve really fallen in love with The Witcher series because it’s extremely excel An idealist！ A witcher。 A professional。 A hired killer。 But an idealist， nonetheless。 And a moralist。 That’s dangerous in your profession， witcher。 A sign you begin to outgrow your profession。----After years of fruitless searching， Ciri has been found – by a ruthless， sadistic bounty hunter。 Geralt and Yennefer are far away and unable to help。 As Ciri’s enemies circle and plan， it is down to Ciri to make her own fate。I’ve really fallen in love with The Witcher series because it’s extremely excellent fantasy deconstruction。 It plays with very old， dull fantasy tropes， but it plays with those tropes in a very intelligent way and pokes holes in them。 Somehow， The Witcher always has something fresh and interesting to say about the fantasy genre。Everyone’s made a huge deal over Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire saga， which is fair because they are also excellent fantasy deconstruction。 But it’s worth adding The Witcher to that conversation too。It’s gratifying to see how Sapkowski has grown as an author。 The first full-length Witcher novel， Blood of Elves， had so many awkward writing moments and stumbles。 But by The Tower of Swallows， it’s abundantly clear how much more confident Sapkowski has become in his own skills。 The awkward pacing is gone， as is the overreliance on the novella structure。 Sapkowski plays with chronology and narration with a deft and sure authorial hand， weaving together multiple storylines and time periods to create an incredible tapestry of a story。 This series isn’t for everyone。 I’m sure the constant deconstruction of fantasy tropes will frustrate and put off people that like their fantasy tropes served straight。 But it’s definitely the series for me。 And I’m a little heartbroken that I’m almost finished with it。 。。。more
Miriam
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No doubt it is well written， but it is not so gripping as the previous one。 Too much violence for my taste。 Nevertheless I will read the next one。
Magpie6493
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Before anyone says anything I do still think this is a truly great work of fantasy。 The rating I have given it is due to a couple points that ill outline shortly。 I am writing this review on my second read through this series。So。。。。。。 Once again on my read through of this series again I am struggling with a conflicting series of emotions and opinions。 On one hand this is an incredible fantasy series。。。 a masterpiece。。。。 the kind of thing you don't see an equal too often。 But on the other hand it Before anyone says anything I do still think this is a truly great work of fantasy。 The rating I have given it is due to a couple points that ill outline shortly。 I am writing this review on my second read through this series。So。。。。。。 Once again on my read through of this series again I am struggling with a conflicting series of emotions and opinions。 On one hand this is an incredible fantasy series。。。 a masterpiece。。。。 the kind of thing you don't see an equal too often。 But on the other hand it has some pretty scere structural and pacing problems。。。。 and most of all its deep deep issue with how underage women are portrayed specifically Ciri。 Now I don't know how I missed Dallas of this on my first read through before。。。 maybe I was blocking out how old Ciri was when all this stuff was happening。。。。 maybe it's because I'm specifically looking for this stuff this time and that's why I'm noticing it。。。。 but。。。。。 holy shit I have no idea why there is not uproar on the internet about just the stuff that happens in this book let alone the rest of the series。。。。。I mentioned in a review of a previous witcher book。。。。 that there is a line between "medivial" realism and just。。。 simply a disgusting amount of sexulation and assault of underage girls。 This series has crossed that line in previous installments and it definitely did it again in this one。 I can count at least 4 separate scenes where ciri is either stripped naked and assaulted or just stripped naked and an abundance of sexual comments made about her。 That's just off the top of my head。。。。 ciri is 15。 Before anyone says that's she's just one person let's not forget that augoleme or however her name is spelled is also inserted into the stpry only for entire backstpry to consist of well described multible justices of sexual assault。 Like。。。。。。 so many scenes like this hapoened all together that I felt physically sick and wanted to stop reading。 I have no idea why ciris age was set to be so young。 I dont know why un sexual situations she's described in an appraising way of looking even younger。。。。 iys just extremely disturbing。。。 more so that I have seen such a small number of people on the internet raising this issue。The fact the director of the Netflix show has said she was impressed by how well women were portrayed in this series just makes me physically ill if I think about it too hard。 There is also a severe issue I this book in particular with nothing hapoi g and random jumping around and filler。 That being said I dknt know if this book would have been as entertaining had all of that filler been taken out so I guess I just have to tolerate that part。All that being said I can't help but praise this series for the world amd the characters at the same time。 It's truly and amazing fantasy that I will always cherish。。。。 however as I've gone back into reading it as I mentioned above im just left with so many uncomfortable feeling and questions that im not sure how to answer。 。。。more
Erin
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This authors style takes a little getting used to， specifically the way he plays with the timeline。 But the story is so good， and the charcaters are unique and multifaceted。 I will keep reading this series to the very end。
Sonee
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Already in book 3， the stakes are higher and it continues in this book （#4 in the series）。 The story is engaging as the main characters each encounter more perils and try to find their way to each other and/or to support Ciri。
Mary
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh ge mig nästa bok！！！！Fan vad bra serie det här är。 Kan inte skriva någonting utan att spoila。 Han gillar sina tidshopp fram och tillbaka den här författaren， men oj vad han knöt ihop de olika storyline-sen på slutet， samtidigt som han lämnar allt öppet för sista boken。 Jag gillar samtliga karaktärer， även de jag avskyr。 Hur ska detta sluta？ Ond， bråd död。 Yennefer din jäkla legend。 Ciri är grym。 Geralt är sliten。 Återförening nästa， tack！
Darin Beiler
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I loved the continuation of the story in this book。 I love how the author keeps jumping around to different perspectives and keeps the story interesting。 I've also really appreciated the style of gong to someone's perspective when a story is being told about them and experiencing what they experience。 It makes the little eddies of this nook more interesting and engaging I loved the continuation of the story in this book。 I love how the author keeps jumping around to different perspectives and keeps the story interesting。 I've also really appreciated the style of gong to someone's perspective when a story is being told about them and experiencing what they experience。 It makes the little eddies of this nook more interesting and engaging 。。。more
Andene
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3。5
Zuzana Vlčková
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I’m don’t know。。。 Some parts were good， some were boring。 Less rogues and politics， more Ciri， Yen and Geralt， please！
J。M。 Storin
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DNFing the Witcher series :（
Albertovna
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Трудновато читалась эта часть， мало поо самих героев книг， все время читаешь и думаешь ну как они там， ну что они там。。。и как-то мало экшэна я бы сказала， слишком много разговоров。 В целом все равно интересно читать， события разворачиваются неожиданно。 Пошла читать «Владычицу озёра»
Thiago Martins lopes
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Gostei muito。
Gary K Bibliophile
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Another great addition to the series。 While I didn’t enjoy it as much as Baptism of Fire （I miss the dwarves and I wanted more Geralt and Dandelion banter - haha）， it continued with some interesting storylines and had an interesting ending。 The style of unfolding the story in the form of first person accounts was interesting too。 On to book 5 😀
Zara Walker
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This was told from the perspective of Ciri， a witness， the general third person， and Dandelion。There was plenty of character development for Ciri and Yennefer， but in Geralt， it came back around for him。。。
DungeryPoo
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In short words; an amazing extension and character development/redemption arc for Ciri。 I love her， and she is now the Icon， the moment and Zireael。
Rachelle
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Tried to stay interested by couldn't stick with it。 After the first book， each additional one has lost me a little bit more until with this one I just couldn't read it all the way through Tried to stay interested by couldn't stick with it。 After the first book， each additional one has lost me a little bit more until with this one I just couldn't read it all the way through 。。。more
Aydın Sönmez
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💯💯💯💯💯💯
Thomas May
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 One more left in the saga！In one word， I’d describe this one as a crescendo， albeit a slow one。 As far as the “what happens” in the book， I think the plot of this one can be most succinctly stated。 It moves slow， and that’ll turn a lotta people off。 A lot of this story and words were spent on realizing where our characters have ended up， taking time to reflect on how they’ve changed from the first stories—especially Ciri。I would complain that there’s no much Witcher work anymore， although the bo One more left in the saga！In one word， I’d describe this one as a crescendo， albeit a slow one。 As far as the “what happens” in the book， I think the plot of this one can be most succinctly stated。 It moves slow， and that’ll turn a lotta people off。 A lot of this story and words were spent on realizing where our characters have ended up， taking time to reflect on how they’ve changed from the first stories—especially Ciri。I would complain that there’s no much Witcher work anymore， although the books are not really about that bumper。 Even though I find those stories enthralling， these interpersonal， widespread and epic dramas seem to have little room for them anymore。 I could do with less espionage though。 There are so many political persons and conspiracies to keep track off， I often find myself only getting hazy details during those parts。It absolutely does not provide significant closure in the end。 If anything， this book is a set-up for the next and final installment， but I think it does that well。 。。。more
Nancy Thomas
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Roman qui joue sur le temps et l’espace。 Les actions ne sont pas par ordre chronologique et c’est efficace。 Peut-être difficile de suivre puisque certains personnages， particulièrement les méchants， finissent par se ressembler dans l’évolution psychologique。
Céline
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What a nightmare it was and Ciri is still lost。 Furthermore， there are so many chronological problems and too much asoiaf references！And please ADD A MAP ！！！！ That's terrible。 A good summery of the entire story， page 270， "Someone conquered someone else and swallowed them up， someone allied with someone else in a dynastic union， someone routed and subjugated someone else。 Essentially: no one knew who， whom or why。"A good summery of Ciri， page 364， "'You're an unstable young person！' he exploded。 What a nightmare it was and Ciri is still lost。 Furthermore， there are so many chronological problems and too much asoiaf references！And please ADD A MAP ！！！！ That's terrible。 A good summery of the entire story， page 270， "Someone conquered someone else and swallowed them up， someone allied with someone else in a dynastic union， someone routed and subjugated someone else。 Essentially: no one knew who， whom or why。"A good summery of Ciri， page 364， "'You're an unstable young person！' he exploded。 'You're a child who's been through traumatic experiences; a damaged child on the verge of a nervous breakdown。 And more than that， you're sick with a craving for revenge！ Blinded by a lust for retribution！ Don't you understand that？'It seems that the Wild Hunt was present during the entire book。 They are old elves right？ （p。 32）。Not believing that people are taking cocaïne in this world too， seriously where are we？ In Colombia or what？ （p。 40， 145， 197）。The most unhealthy relationship ever: Mistle and Ciri; Stockholm syndrome ever （p。 49）。At least， Dandelion is still hilarious， page 85， "Dandelion！ You're asleep in the saddle！' 'I'm not asleep。 I'm thinking creatively！"Page 108-109 = WTF？ What's this chronological gap with a team of archaeologists from the University of Castell Graupian。Page 138 = first mention of the title: the tower of the swallow （+ p。 321 et 328） and the name of Ciri， Zireael。 Page 214 = a very interesting prophecy by Aen Ithlinnespeath， the Ithlinne Aegli aep Aevenien whom promised that the elves shall return。 I don't know if this Avallac'h character is important （p。 238）。Page 253 = now we have a knight errant， such a asoiaf reference， more exactly Dunk and Egg Series。 Also， in page 362， "Winter is coming"， seriously can you do more asoiaf references？？！ Furthermore， when Ciri is in the tower of the swallow it's exactly the same as Daenery's walking inside the house of the undying and seeing the future （p。 432）。 Page 255 = I like this Gabriel crossbow。Page 265 = the fact that Geralt lost forever his Witcher medallion。 Is it a sign that he is doomed？ Page 269 à 300 （chapter eight） = why writing in the middle of nowhere the story of Kovir and Poviss。 The only comical anecdote is that "rather than 'go to Hell'， people said 'get to Poviss'。 In short: let Redania mind its own business and not stick its nose into the affairs of Kovir， a sovereign Kingdom， （p。 273）。Page 293 = chronological problem shown here， "After eighty-five years"。 Page 309 = foreshadowing of Geralt's death， "Then finally he'll be killed， foolishly， senselessly， probably by a stab in the back。。。"。Page 317 = How old Yennifer is really？ Ninety-four。Page 365 = Can someone explain to me what's "an elven phantom。 The harbinger of death。"Page 394 = Ciri is literally Death。Page 434 = we finally learn what Ciri is capable to do， "The Elder Blood that flows in your veins gives you power over time。 And over space。 Over the dimensions and the spheres。 You are now Master of the Worlds， Ciri。 You have a mighty Power。 Do not let criminals or rogues takes it from you and use it to their own ends。。。" After so many books （prequel included） 。。。。 ps: one last book to read and I'm finally over this series。Good quotes:- p。 28 : "We know only appearances， and appearances are deceptive。" - p。 53 : "Stop calling me "miss"， Hotspurn。 In your mouth it sounds insulting， and I won't let myself be insulted with impunity。"- p。 117 : "The same eyes。 Impassive and cool， flat and immobile like the eyes of a snake， whose expression nothing - not even the most monstrous atrocity - was capable of changing。"- p。 286 : "Emphyr publically called Vattier a clot， said he was a head of a department which， rather than making people disappear without trace， are surprised by such disappearances。" - p。 319 : "No one wants to suffer。 But yet it is our lot。 And some suffer more。 Not necessarily by choice。 The point is not the bearing of suffering。 The point is how it is borne。"- p。 405 : "As though it were not an ordinary horse but one from a fairy-tale， as if a spectral horse was running through a mythical forest， the trees bound in hoarfrost like icing。"Bonne nuit， Bonsoir。 。。。more
Ola
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Chyba najmroczniejsza jak dotąd część。 Dużo przemocy （także seksualnej）， musiałam sobie robić przerwy。 Ale bez fetyszyzowania， jak to się zdarza w polskiej fantastyce。 Raczej z potrzeby pokazania różnych odmian zła， które lęgną się w człowieku。 Głównie za sprawą wojny i zranienia。 Nie mogę wyjść z podziwu nad subtelnością komentarzy politycznych i społecznych u Sapkowskiego。 Im więcej się wie czytając jego książki， tym więcej się dla siebie z nich wyciąga - chyba po tym można poznać pisarzy， któ Chyba najmroczniejsza jak dotąd część。 Dużo przemocy （także seksualnej）， musiałam sobie robić przerwy。 Ale bez fetyszyzowania， jak to się zdarza w polskiej fantastyce。 Raczej z potrzeby pokazania różnych odmian zła， które lęgną się w człowieku。 Głównie za sprawą wojny i zranienia。 Nie mogę wyjść z podziwu nad subtelnością komentarzy politycznych i społecznych u Sapkowskiego。 Im więcej się wie czytając jego książki， tym więcej się dla siebie z nich wyciąga - chyba po tym można poznać pisarzy， którzy mają w sobie duże pokłady erudycji i zafascynowania skomplikowaniem świata。 No i kolejne świetne postaci kobiece， ach！ Aż dziw， że to pisał koleś。 （Mały minusik za ostateczne rozpisanie wątku aborcyjnego， aaaaale。 Powiedzmy， że wybaczam。） 。。。more
Maikroft
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Quedaron atrás los días en que Geralt se dedicaba a vagabundear por todo el mundo cazando monstruos por dinero。 El nuevo viaje que empezó en 'Bautismo de fuego' tras los acontecimientos de la isla de Thanedd， llevaron al brujo a un punto de no retorno。Al contrario que el anterior tomo mencionado， en que la historia apenas progresa centrándose en el día a día de los personajes y la presentación de muchos otros， en 'La Torre de la Golondrina' la trama sí avanza a un alto ritmo sucediéndose un mome Quedaron atrás los días en que Geralt se dedicaba a vagabundear por todo el mundo cazando monstruos por dinero。 El nuevo viaje que empezó en 'Bautismo de fuego' tras los acontecimientos de la isla de Thanedd， llevaron al brujo a un punto de no retorno。Al contrario que el anterior tomo mencionado， en que la historia apenas progresa centrándose en el día a día de los personajes y la presentación de muchos otros， en 'La Torre de la Golondrina' la trama sí avanza a un alto ritmo sucediéndose un momentazo tras otro， hasta llegar a un final espectacular， para mi el mejor de todos los libros。Aparte de esto， me ha encantado como Sapkowski demuestra aquí todo su potencial jugando con el lector， enriqueciendo el argumento contándolo desde diferentes puntos de vista desordenados en el tiempo， como el testimonio de una mercenaria， los sueños proféticos o los fragmentos de un libro que está escribiendo cierto personaje。 。。。more
Robert Müürsepp
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In a few seasons the Netflix show is going to get really tense。
Marysia Jakubowska
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Świetna część！
Fredrik
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First things first: Don't listen to people that tell you the POVs are hard to follow or some such nonesense。 It's not。 This is only a little harder to follow than any normal POV。 If people think this in any way is hard， then stay clear of Malazan and probably any other modern fantasy series。 I like it when a author tries new， interesting ways to write a story。 Sapkowski have multiple POVs in each chapter， but he also jumps between now， the past and the distant future。 Sometimes this creates an i First things first: Don't listen to people that tell you the POVs are hard to follow or some such nonesense。 It's not。 This is only a little harder to follow than any normal POV。 If people think this in any way is hard， then stay clear of Malazan and probably any other modern fantasy series。 I like it when a author tries new， interesting ways to write a story。 Sapkowski have multiple POVs in each chapter， but he also jumps between now， the past and the distant future。 Sometimes this creates an interesting read and follows the story nicely， at other times he seems to get a to carried away and it feels out of place。 It doesn't really make the story hard to follow， but it takes you out of it。 The dialog in this book is too often pretentious。 Almost all the characters try to be grand and bombastic in every utterance。 At times every single sentence turns into a monolog。 The whole thing turns into some sort of victorian play， where the actors obviously talk to the audience。 At times the dialog is great， sometimes the monologs really feel at place。 Mostly， the dialog fails miserably。 The timejumps in the story works really well at times。 If they hadn't been used so often， or more naturally， it would have helped the story along。 Instead it became a gimmick。 It slowed the action and phase of the story down， took away the punch of a lot of scenes and left you without wanting to plow on。 There weren't many times I felt I needed to push on to find out what happens。 There weren't mysteries to unravel， there weren't action scenes I needed to know the resolution to。 When something interesting happened， the story jumped to much between characters， or time， for there to be a pay-off。 I understand why Sapkowski does it and what he is trying to accomplish。 He just overuses the tools he has inserted to the story。 I will wait with book 5 a little while。 Hopefully the story had better pacing in it and some more down to earth dialog， between the grand theatric-dialog。 。。。more
Martyna
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2。75Poczatek super。 Mało historii， dużo opisów krajów i królestw， ciężka do czytania， nie zaczsca do przeczytania kolejnej części。，，A czy ty wiesz， Dijkstra， że mieć milion i nie mieć miliona to razem dwa miliony？" 2。75Poczatek super。 Mało historii， dużo opisów krajów i królestw， ciężka do czytania， nie zaczsca do przeczytania kolejnej części。，，A czy ty wiesz， Dijkstra， że mieć milion i nie mieć miliona to razem dwa miliony？" 。。。more
Pat Thompson
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3。5 stars
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