The Tower of the Swallow

This book took the series from a fantasy adventure to a full blown drama. There is no plot, no witchering, and until where I read, no political intrigue and barely any mention of most of the main characters.

The beginning narration style was very of putting. It is told by Dandelion, as if he is telling a story that happened a long time ago. It gave a fairy tale feel, not what I was looking for.

The story is focused solely on Ciri's lack of magic and insufficient fighting skills. For someone meant to be the destroyer of the world, trained by the witchers of Kaer Morhen, and one of the most powerful sorceress in the world, Yennefer of Vengerberg, it sure looks like she ain't cut for the job when she can't even deal with a bounty hunter.

She is captured, beaten and treated like a dog. Then thrown into an arena to fight to the death for other people enjoyment. This already took 1/3 of this very long book. There is nothing of original or exciting about this. It's just her suffering for the lost of her friends and then whining about not wanting to kill people, “Please don't make me do this...”.

I read the reviews after I stopped reading, and it doesn't seem to get better, not in this or the next book.

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