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| author | mms <michal@sapka.me> | 2024-05-20 21:54:02 +0200 |
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| committer | mms <michal@sapka.me> | 2024-05-20 21:54:02 +0200 |
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diff --git a/content-org/brain-rot.org b/content-org/brain-rot.org index 9613aa5..c166e4f 100644 --- a/content-org/brain-rot.org +++ b/content-org/brain-rot.org @@ -751,6 +751,36 @@ I hope that Ciri's plot will develop in interesting ways, as her teenage rebelli [fn:toc] vide [[/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt/][my review]] +*** TODO The Tower of the Swallow (1997) + +It's hard to overestiate how popular the Witcher books were amongst polish youth. +Everyone talked about it, books were circuveling everywhere. +And yet I never read it. +Now, in 2024 I am soo close to no longer being a /bad pole/. + +/The Tower of Swallow/ starts with throwing everyting I was expecting after reading /Baptism of Fire/. +Rats? Nope. +Mages? Some. +Ciri? Lots. +Geralt? Lots. +Sapkowski's craft improves with every book and I could not be happier. + +Let's start with the bad. +This book ignores most social commentary, which is a huge letdown. +With each passing book there's less and less of that. +Instead we're getting better story, charactes become more interesting and the story is gripping. +They are /better/ stories, but /worse/ books. +If it wasn't for the huge increase in quality of the story, I'd be dissapoonted and my day would be ruined. + +- chronology and structure +- ciri torment +- ciris anger +- gruesome scenes +- war +- no longer witcher +- games weaken it +- takes most of what was good in previous and expands on it + ** Persona :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: brain-rot/persona |