Hachette The Tower of the Swallow: Witcher 4 - Now a major Netflix show

I finished this book in 24 hrs. I don't know how. I simply couldn't put it down. I feel it much much more fast-paced than "Baptism of Fire". There are so many events, so many characters, timelines, but throughout the whole story all and everyone intertwine and merge into a meaningful whole. I loved it!

‘The Tower of the Swallow’ is a bit of a mixed bag. Quite a lot happens that progresses the overall story of the series and there are some excellent combat sequences. Often, though, the writing is quite meandering in getting to certain points. Things are often bitty and broken, sidling around events and jumping perspectives and time zones in detailing what has happened or is happening.The Witcher series often adopts different approaches to writing and storytelling; some more successful than others. Even if they happen not to quite work at times, they are still generally of interest in some way. Here, though, the author uses similar techniques to those he has used before but seems to get a bit carried away adopting multiple techniques and approaches, sometimes to tell the same thing. This results in a bit of overlap and repetition, rendering things a little confusing at times.Much of ‘Baptism of Fire’ was devoted to establishing Geralt and his ‘team’. They are still a good and entertaining element of the novel but there is simply not enough of them after their build up in ‘Baptism of Fire’. For a series that is entitled ‘The Witcher’ it is a bit light on him.Instead a lot of the book is occupied with the various figures that are involved in some way in tracking down and capturing Ciri. The novel is more orientated around how these characters frequently hamper each other’s efforts in capturing or killing Ciri because they focus on their own agendas. Following all of them is done in several ways, utilising different styles. Sometimes, though, this is too experimental and doesn’t really work.The better parts of the novel probably involve Ciri and her continuing character development as she is forced to adapt to survive those that hunt her. The setback and sufferings she has to endure begins to send her down a dark path psychologically and the novel leaves her in an interesting place character wise.Although it possesses some good plot developments for the overall series and some strong, exciting scenes, the unnecessarily convoluted style result in this being one of the weaker Witcher books.

I enjoyed this book so much that I've already read it twice since I got it back in May. I've never read a novel twice before, not even the previous Witcher books, so that's an indication of how much I enjoyed The Tower of the Swallow. Unlike the previous books this story is not told in chronological order and is told through a number of characters perspectives and that actually works extremely well and keeps the saga fresh and creative even though its the fourth book. This also has to be the funniest book of the saga as it made me laugh multiple times even during the second read. All of the characters are interesting, especially the people joining Geralt on his expedition, particularly, my favorite character of all the books, Milva. Now I can't wait to read Lady of the Lake and see how this truly fantastic saga ends.

Love all the novels written in this series. Now I'm not much of a book reviewer, not going to be writing reems talking about the novel. I'm making this review to notify people that this book is physically much larger than the rest in the series under this publisher - was a bit of a surprise when I received the book. Just be aware of this if the size matters to you:)

Could just be me but I got the feeling he's padding out the story. I rattled through the first five books but with this one I've come to a halt halfway through. Several sections are things that have already happened that the narrator is retelling. The story itself doesn't seem to be progressing very fast at all.

Geralt's adventure continues and with his companions liked the story and have all of them in the series worth the money for the pleasure they bring to get away from it all for awhile and will be reread